End of the Semester
Last of these few days together There was no breakfast made Non-existent intent, in good weather We were making this class in so many ways Gathered- some, walking in, I sat Gathered- now, thoughts,...
View ArticleCollecting Coins
Dirty Money, Naked silver circle Tainted coin’s crest Some copper Some not Most Metallic Voter’s voucher Some cold Some hot -Some sticky when wet- Some carry more meaning than others Others need more...
View ArticleThe Death of Dinkytown
Consorted constructs Moving, Pressing forward– View the new rubble of Old Dinkytown; One can witness history’s deconstruction firsthand. Cars, trucks, dust, dirt and trash, Catalyst set in motion for...
View ArticleToo Late
Lack of telling Lead to lack of knowing One call could have stopped it all, One call Came After one wait Telling you that you had lost it all
View ArticleMeasure of Man
Hands spun on a dot Reflecting a scene before The peanut butter sandwich inside Or its crumbs on the floor The wise-crack comment That no one seems to get ever The sheer weight of stupidity In a mass...
View ArticleMeaning
An anomaly A puzzle A quizzical notion, -Enigma. Light, dark, grey Flesh opens to blood-stains and pains Once wrapped taught around Up top A brain Eyes, A Nose that drains Hands and feet, Legs below...
View ArticleLove the way it is
Everything I need is right beside me: Life Passion Mindset- Honest intuition and heavy thought. The ability to make others laugh and reflect on that; the love the will the equanimity; Without those...
View ArticleSt. Paul in the Fall
St. Paul in the fall, whilst leaves change and thin. Whilst festivities and fairs under tents, bearing food, creep in. Whilst trees bend with robust forceful wind. A time to reflect the mess...
View ArticleBad Sunburn
Salt Sweat Sunburn These seasons… Huffing and puffing Ride to work Glowing ball in the sky beating down, Breaking the dew point record; Yesterday, High-rise thick clouds, Lightening show and shadows...
View ArticleThe Mississippi River in La Crosse
I recall the smell of fish from the brown water And white caps rising high— Brown, dirty… undulating— Ducks stood in speckled sands, Trash mixed rock… And a cloud passes overhead Casting a new shadow;...
View ArticleDriving Around Town
Driving around town in a small truck What is black and spots of rust Casually burning off dewed steam Cruising around amidst a day-dream Remotely relaxed at assigned red stop Cautiously avoiding few...
View Article* I DO DECLARE
Wear make-up and carry mace; -Mixed ideology, mixed taste. Running all over this place, Collecting strewn waste. Prey within the Rat Race. Prey within the Rat Race. * I saw you sitting there, I do...
View ArticleOn the Corner of Washington and Oak St. SE (Finals Week)
Where snowmelt and papers Coalesce in the street, Tense busy-minded scholars Move fast on their feet.
View ArticleCold Campus Commute
The connector bus sways On each turn and pass, As students await in cold, Near snow, behind glass.
View ArticleThe Traffic Moves Without You
On a bridge In broad daylight, Somewhere in Minneapolis— Between something is the metaphor… Below light rail trains and buses pass, The sun is out, yet it is cold. Alas, we have mirages in Minnesota...
View ArticleGrey Sky Day
Overcast clouds open to A downfall of frozen crystals; Which sparkle broken on the ground, Under foot. A straight wind carries me off – strong, To far, to present, to past; Grey sky day Take me away....
View ArticleView from a Minneapolis Coffeehouse (human zoo)
1 Sitting an hour between classes seemed as days elapsed, at a Washington Avenue coffeehouse table, where tall transparent windows beamed reflective light, beaconing inquisition: “just look outside”. 2...
View ArticleGrain Belt Sign
Looking over the tanned Hennepin Avenue Bridge where a shaded Grain Belt sign still won’t shine. Here too, Nicollet Island looms in an aromatic Spring night, shadowed by new and ancient high-rises,...
View ArticleThe places we’ve seen (have seen us)
Motion reflected between where you are and where you will be; Void for a shadow where you were, ever lying in wait to reconvene.
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