I wander downstairs in my white blousey shirt sleeves stretched in all directions from twisting in sleepless sheets. I sit … More
Month: April 2016
El Cuerpo de Bomberos de La Ciudad de Ibarra
-for Dayko The bodies like bombs that fell in the city of Ibarra were exalted to hear the pawing scrape … More
ChrisPaulMikeDave
I have met you in chunks, like clones that march endlessly around corners, blocking every escape. I have seen you … More
For My Generation X
It’s happened. We were informed, since the day we were born first children of single parent, divorce, abortion, contraception. First … More
To Anonymous Hands
The food on my table has no label, no name of the founders who traided with the natives when they … More
Six Flags America
In Six Flags America children under two get in free, so if they ask you do not tell them that … More
I Fucking Hate This Week (April 16-22)
Each year it’s as if our position in revolution or the tilt of our axis causes all of us to … More
What I Saw In Banja Luka, Tabitha Fortis
-based on The U.S. Poet Laureate episode of The West Wing In Banja Luka a father leads his son to … More
Boston 4/15/13
At the end of the marathon everyone’s legs are gone. Most just want to rest, stripped of their grievances, humanity, … More
Iconography
What question has you that the Gods might answer? The one about right choices and your destiny? The one about … More
For #8, Gary Edmund Carter
On a rainy day in April we twist and turn into Cooperstown where I’m interested only in laying hands on … More
Older Than Elvis
I sit on the toilet and wonder what rhythms might rise up from these pipes to claim me. Left eye … More
At The Garden
At the Garden ten men take the floor while 10,000 stand in front of seats, dreaming. A hundred more sell … More
The Mount Rushmore Metaphor
1 The bust of a baby taking a first step or shit, eating strained peas, soap, or cursed words. 2 … More
Era
The headline reads, “Steph Curry Redefining Greatness in the Post-Michael Jordan Era” which I complain to my boss would be … More
A Filter
For the third time today the boss refers to her as “hon” and she chooses to stop the meeting for … More
Out West These Days
Out west these days the fences are made of hoods of plastic covering concrete, made to look like wood but … More
A Superhero Is Someone
A superhero is someone who uses their advantage for the betterment of others. A superhero is someone who uses their … More
The Key, 1946 – Jackson Pollock
At six the kid loved the long lines, the swirling puddles, the intersection of dried color and what she dubbed, … More
Henry Hudson Never Saw The World
Henry Hudson never saw the world I was raised in. Railroad tracks over cracked concrete pitted with fresh tar and … More
One World Trade Center
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — From the top of Manhattan it appears like a jeweler’s tool, … More
In The Painting There’s A Man
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — In the painting there’s a man on a bridge. Often iconic, … More
“Welcome To Bell Atlantic”
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — Wind back through time, through your sculptures of the mind old … More
Fan Boi
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — I once held a door open for Stockard Channing, a woman … More
Too Many Mics, Not Enough Emcees
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — “All I need is one blunt, one page, one pen, one … More
King Tut’s Sarcophagus
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — There are nights when the sheets that drape me swaddle me … More
James Brady Is Dead
April is National Poetry Month – #NaPoMo #30for30 — James Brady is dead, though for the last thirty-three years of … More
Thom Ingram 