Procrastination
PROCRASTINATION by April Halprin Wayland Ancient dog circled in the grass round and round to tamp it down I am dog circling, too round and round as all dogs do round my homework, round my desk finally, working then I rest. published in Cricket Magazine December 2002 also published in my novel in poems, GIRL COMING […]
Rock Solid Friendship
thought about it
saw how deep it was
thought about how cold it would be …
I Am Standing
Girl on Land…………………….Boy at Sea
I am standing…………………….I am standing
Fire Ants
Flood waters rise!
Quick, form a ball—
our larvae, pupae, eggs and Mother Queen inside!
Budding Scholars
Welcome, Flowers.
Write your name on a name tag.
Find a seat …
Music Critic (The Ocean’s Opinion)
This guy drags his drum set onto the sand
so that I have a front row seat …
In the Word Woods
I’m sure there’s a found poem somewhere here.
There usually is this time of year …
Symmetry
This form is called a Mirror Poem by Joan Bransfield Graham, from whom I learned it in the early ’90s, or a Reverso Poem by Marilyn Singer.
I Like That Night Follows Day
What if there was never night
if it was always light…and light?
With a Shout of Magenta
Lava / Ice?