Monthly Archives: August 2018

1.
Some people call you a shrub
Some people do not know
what they are missing
2.
Some people say you act
sensitive
I know you are
but what am I?
We are not stones
We are here sensing
one another
3.
Some people say you act
feminine
What does this mean?
That you reach
ecstatically
for the sun?
That you come
in many colors?
That you like a cool drink
in a curved [...]

1.
Each year I fear for you
Will you come early?
Will snow come late?
Will you not
bloom?
And then you are here
so vibrant
and so brief
A cruel affair
I long to repeat
2.
How does it feel to be
a moment?
Like unrequited lust?
Let down
lingering on
Or like the fluttering of wings
before unfurling fingers
flight?
3.
Only a couple of days later
you look so sad
The wait never worth it
4.
This [...]

Dear Orchid,
I think I may
abuse you
After our careful courtship
of directions on weekly watering
and other such basic maintenance
I promptly forgot
which day I started
Each time I walk by
I feel so much guilt
that I am killing you
that I let you wilt longer
When I finally convince myself to respond
I significantly overdo it
Perhaps you are now drowning
And now [...]

1.
There is something wrong
with tulips on fifth avenue
They are penned in too close
like New Years Eve
meant to be fun
and yet
2.
You are not wild
someone planted you
Even I planted you
here in this poem
Hello
3.
You are coquettish
you want to be
peeled back
I wish I could
and let you be
still you
4.
Would you let me
trope to you?
I could be sun dappled
and ready to [...]