LaVeNdEr FLoWeR HAIKU

LaVeNdEr FLoWeR
wAsH aWaY mAn'S eViL aCtS
wiTh PuRpLe PoWeR

TRASHY NONSENSE POEM

The debris
Of banshee

To the nth
Degree

In the
Dead sea

Or the
South sea

Is the debris
Of bourgeoisie

Under a
Christmas tree

Or in the
Human knee.

“What will be will just have to be”,

Said she beneath the willow tree.

CANDLES

BRiGhT fLaMe FLiCkEriNg
AbOvE gLoWiNg GoLdEn WaX
TiL’ NiGhT’s DeAd AsLeEp

DEATH IN THREE PARTS

Though my body wither
I’ll take my soul hither
To find a time and place
To write another poem
Before I sleep
The long sleep and
Count no more sheep.

My body has begun to wither
And so my soul must go hither
To find a time and place
To write another line
Before I sleep the
Sleep of No Return.

Ere my body wither and die
My soul must go hither and fly
To a new time and place
To write one more line
Before I sleep the
Sleep of the
Last Goodbye.

rhapsody in blue

blue eyes
blue skies
blue words
blue birds
blue moon
blue tune
blue whale
blue snail
blue corn
blue horn
blue sea
blue pea

AFTER William Carlos Williams' POEM "The Red Wheelbarrow"

so much depends
upon

a red
candle

glazed with
wax

beside the frozen
chicken

Inside a
white
sink.


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The Red Wheelbarrow

William Carlos Williams, 1883 - 1963

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

Four Modes of Travel on Election Night

I.
A Kangaroo
And a cute Gnu
Took a Trip to
Tasmania
And Timbuktu
In a Canoe
That was colored
Red white and blue.

II.
A Kangaroo
And a cute Gnu
Took a Trip to
Tasmania
And Timbuktu
Inside a shoe
That was colored
Red white and blue.

III.
A Kangaroo
And a cute Gnu
Took a Trip to
Tasmania
And Timbuktu
With a Poodle
Who was colored
Red white and blue.

IV.
A Kangaroo
And a cute Gnu
Took a Trip to
Tasmania
And Timbuktu
In a Kazoo
That was colored
Red white and blue.

SYNTAX OF THE SOUL

neurons

like

trout
jumping

UP

&

DOWN

&
AROUND

&
ACROSS
the
river
and
into
the
trees .