#396: Poem on April 23, 2021

Poem on April 23 You’re goddamn right I was saving those plumsfor breakfast. That’s why I put them in the icebox–for safe, cold-keeping.Do I have to putmy name on shitin this household? I’m gladyou enjoyed thembecause, this is just to say, I have given all your chocolateto the neighbor kids.

#125: This Is Not A Poem

This is not a poem, but a message. This is not a poem, but an explanation. This is not a poem, but a note to say that, this is not a poem, and that I have not eaten any plums, but rather, this is not a poem, and I will be off-line tomorrow, so thereContinue reading “#125: This Is Not A Poem”

#105: Life, Friends, Is A Golden Shovel and So Much Depends Upon (A Corruption and a Correction)

OMG.  The assignment today from NaPoWriMo was to do a clever little thing called a “golden shovel,” wherein you write a poem for which ALL of the ending words for each line of your poem are taken in total from some other famous poem–so that, a person reading your poem could read the original famousContinue reading “#105: Life, Friends, Is A Golden Shovel and So Much Depends Upon (A Corruption and a Correction)”

#90: This Is Just To Say

(after William Carlos Williams again) I have mixed out the blue notes that you sang in the chorus which you probably intended but nevertheless sound wrong Forgive me they were terrible so sour and so far out.   Note:  Dear reader, you can probably tell I’m cheating.  I’ve got to write 10 poems in 6Continue reading “#90: This Is Just To Say”