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  • I, Teach


    “I am a teacher
    and a repeat offender,”
    I said with conviction.
    Tried, convicted, sentenced.
    I serve my sentence
    [grammatically correct, of course]
    within these walls
    painted institutional green
    and ply my trade
    from the inside.
    And I count the days
    until June.

    Posted on March 9th, 2010 Tim 2 comments
  • The Elephant in the Room

    There’s a series being published over on Vox Poetica called “Aspects of the Elephant.” It’s a poetic look at various viewpoints on love. You really should be reading it. And not just because one of my poems, Words on a Wire, is scheduled to be up there today. [But, if you want to use that as an excuse to check it out, who am I to complain?] It will be on the Today’s Words page today and then moves to the Poemblog page.

    Posted on February 17th, 2010 Tim 3 comments
  • Vox Publishes Me Too

    Well, I didn’t expect to have these announcements on two consecutive days. My poem “Reach” is now on Vox Poetica. It will be on the Today’s Words page today and then moves to the Poemblog page. I’m in such good company there too so make sure you take time to read some of the other great work when you visit.

    Posted on January 31st, 2010 Tim 1 comment
  • Less is More


    Less is more
    when, like love,
    it is

    limitless
    boundless
    countless
    shapeless
    formless
    harmless
    breathless
    nameless
    shameless

    Posted on December 30th, 2009 Tim 2 comments
  • Reach


    You reach, this time… it’s three
    Touch the key, that’s touching me
    The key, the type, the touch, the tone
    We are sitting all alone
    A thousand miles in between
    Far too far to be seen
    You are there, I am here
    But we are closer than we appear

    Posted on December 15th, 2009 Tim 2 comments
  • By the Frozen Foods


    I saw a ghost today
    in the grocery store
    by the frozen foods –
    that figures… cold as ice –
    you stood there
    staring at me
    in that tone of voice
    But you can’t haunt me
    any more
    the next aisle is fresh produce
    I have moved on

    Posted on December 13th, 2009 Tim 1 comment
  • A Walk in the Park


    With my nose toward my toes
    I walk in the park after dark
    To exorcise my demons
    Until they run
    out of me
    out of energy
    And I play on my way
    With my eyes toward the skies

    Posted on December 7th, 2009 Tim 1 comment
  • Doghouse Rose


    Give a woman a potted plant
    no matter how beautiful or rare
    and you’ve given her
    another responsibility
    something else to nurture

    Give a woman cut flowers
    no matter how plain or common
    and you’ve taken on
    the responsibility
    of replacing them

    I stop at the 7-11
    and buy a doghouse rose
    I carry the dying bloom
    dreading my arrival home
    while rushing to get there

    Posted on November 30th, 2009 Tim 2 comments
  • It’s Like, You Know


    Swallowing a simile
    like a gum drop
    i had a smile
    that tasted of cherry lip gloss
    and kisses in the rain

    I met her for
    a metaphor
    and a euphemism
    or two
    or three

    Green eyes dazzled me
    and laughter
    echoes
    in my brain

    Posted on November 29th, 2009 Tim 2 comments
  • Talk Talk

    Please note: I am not really a crazy man, but I sometimes write crazy things like this. I have only ever had one voice in my head. It sometimes says bad things and sometimes spews gibberish and sometimes mumbles. [Something tells me this is not strengthening my case for not being crazy....] But it never encourages me to do harm to myself or others.

    The voices in my head

    They talk talk non-stop they jibber jabber gabbing crabbing like a knife is stabbing stabbing at my ears my ears are bleeding I am needing them to stop stop the talk talk so I walk walk but nowhere to go without the voices in my head always there so unaware or just don’t care I pull my hair out by the roots I stand there with a bloody hank and thankfully there is a moment

     

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    Posted on November 15th, 2009 Tim 1 comment