Mount Hamilton

mhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmh

green

green is the color of my love's eyes
spring rustling rhododendrons

fuse of sacrificial protection
copper verdigris weathervane
greenback emolument

xylem sap pumping veins
eden recreated with every respiration

Death toll nears 300 as South looks ahead

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Thénardiers

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Foucault Pendulum

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Lilies twitterpoem

lilies forced
new year
early wakeup
chilly feet
unseasonal light
immigrant Japan, Bermuda
night shift
calendar tyranny
salvation on demand

Rubber Duckies

rdrdrdrdrdrdrdrd

Purdy outhouse

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pentagon 9-11

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Le Pulci

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Suspiro

after John Slater

the monk prays
prunes in the zen garden
bakes bread

the lover caresses
blows on the fire
flows with the pulse

as the deer in the running brook
breathing with intention
moving, contemplating

the unsighing life is not worth living

Red Moon on Sharpsburg

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

John Henry

John Henry was a steel driving man

New Jersey 3rd corps, Army of Potomac, camp servant
10 years for "stealing" from Wiseman's grocery
City Point Virginia
prisoner #497 on the chain gang
drove steel in the Lewis tunnel
beat that steam drill down
but the steam drill got revenge
kicking up silica dust
killed a hundred convict laborers
bodies shipped back to White House, Richmond
for the $100 deposit, buried in the sand

the ribbon of steel,
that binds a nation,
rides on the toil of men,
remembered only in a song.

Molybdenum after Kim Roberts

mo mo mo mo mo mo

Metro meditation

mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

a doll's house, for Bridget Sue Lambert

I had fun last nite
the surreal doll's house
the bedspread from a sock
football on the tv

purse contents strewn on the bed
preliminaries to an encounter
the small people in the mirror

oh, what a paradise is seems

temples

the elegant men
stroll by treasury temple
share drinks at Rhodes Tavern

the spring orange light
ionic columns glow (ering)
gone are the days of the Cash Room
here are the years of golden slacks

The Ship Breakers

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Medusa

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Glenkiln Cross

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The lovers leave by separate planes

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Goldvein

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The Hillman Criterion

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Balkanization

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Gauguin is evil

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Moaning at the pump

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The lawyers negotiate the prenup

for Maureen Thorson

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i will die

for James Griffith

In the snow
In the crosswalk
Jefferson Davis Highway, and Backlick Road
At Accotink village, by the Eleanor Kennedy shelter

The flailing rush hour
Thousands cursing, six lane parking lot
Spinning uphill, sliding downhill
Gunning through intersection

The metal cracks
Crumpled fender, windshield starburst
Hair and bone rent
Life oozing in the gravel

The light changes
Another sacrifice to the god, Hermes

Where are the angels singing

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