FOUND POETRY/POEMS
- devised by Pat Laster from sources other than "actual."
hot air
from Africa spiked temps
in most of Europe
[H. Holl/ AP caption, 7/ '15]
new zoo exhibit
girls pop out of the ground
and face a prairie dog
diet martini:
no pimento
in the olive
sharing the boat
eggs warmed by the duck's brood patch
couple warmed by tea
violets
blanketing
embankments
[Forster & Meredith]
sunny spring morning
his mind not on the lesson
but in a daydream
[Bil Keane]
over the treetops
in the talons of an owl
turkey hen decoy
St. Patrick's Day
the snowstorm stopping
at the county line
[County Derry, 2009]
the paper boy
gets a fifty-dollar fine
for littering
in the median
a black Lab
shivering
car window down
listening for the river
with my eyes closed
[Paul Greenberg,
cautionary tale:
with enough ice
any shoe is a skate
[Dennis the Menace comic, 1997]
dot-and-line clocks
hard on little tykes
learning to tell time
[Bil Keane, The Family Circus comic, 1997]
What About These Weeds?
"Harvest
your wild onions
and make a big stew." So
says our expert. "Stop trying to
kill them."
[Janet Carson, 2004]
after Velda Brotherton
winter stillness
hearing puffs of snow
light on my skin
[from Ozark Writers on Writing, 1998]
pine thickets--
hard to find anything
but shade
[from Helen Grace Warrick, Old Time Chronicle, 2003]
unexpected snow
sending students to Hastings
instead of high school
[Editorial, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 2003]
just above freezing
a hard-shell 'slider saddles
for Sunday ramble
--from The Observer, Arkansas Times, ca. 2003
unborn child
already with his dying
grandfather's name
--from an obit, ca. 2006
crowds at the park
on this warm winter weekend
child in the sandbox
--picture, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 1998
allowing spiders
the run of her house
during winter
--Annie Dillard, p. 50, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
After Drawing Flak, Patience
Blue jays
swarm to the tree,
raise Cain... but the eagle
--there first--remains for 15 more
minutes.
making the collar
officials corral a Great Dane
in attack mode
--news picture, 1997
Eighty-
seven launches
between catastrophes--
even more amazing than moon
landings.
--Mike Thomas, Orlando Sentinel, 2003
bridge pro's bandaged hand:
"This is serious," she moans.
"I can't shuffle cards!"
--the late Ann Talley Kinnaird, ca. 2005-6
Privileged
The fifth-
grade "queen" calls
herself singer, actress,
model, artist. What's left, as an
adult?
-- AD-G feature, 2004
the sparkle
of ice-laden trees
under sunny skies
[words of John Robert Starr, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, ca 2002]
guilt in a shoebox~
last year's holiday cards
still unanswered
[from Sally Forth comic, G. Howard/ C. Macintosh]
Greeks bearing gifts~
not the eastern magi
but fraternity boys
[ photo, AD-G]
a no-no: sliding
down the banister
Christmas holidays
[photo, AD-G]
from this angle
city's Christmas tree under
George Washington's hand
[photo, AD-G]
they say--as do I
that Christmas is for children
balderdash!
[Meredith Oakley,]
Christmas--
when all our blessings deserve
a recount
[from the comic Ziggy, Tom Wilson]
"Santa always brings
something I forgot
to ask him for"
[from Family Circus, Bil Keane]
lumberjack bolting
from Christmas celebration
a second ice storm
[article by V. S. Law, AD-G]
post-tornado
my red blouse
hanging in his tree
[news from Searcy AR]
reminiscence:
gifts of self-indulgence
we give ourselves
[Meredith Oakley]
one Christmas package
hidden until guests and warmth
are gone; depression
[ibid]
President's low pass
wide sheet of onyx water
and the bobbing roofs
[Richard Ford, 2005]
CAUGHT BY SURPRISE
Before
the leaves were gone
it blew in off the lake
one mid-November night; two feet
of snow.
[article, AD-G, 1996]
fewer nuisance bears--
lots of wild cherries
to last till acorns fall
[B. Stiver, Great Smoky Mountain biologist, AD-G]
on 9 - 11
a Pentagon-sponsored
country-music bash
[Ellen Goodman on N. O., 2005]
FROM A FACEBOOK PICTURE
Every
fencepost's holding
some kind of a birdhouse.
At the field's edge, goldenrod and
tall grass.
waving grasses
bidding the birds
goodbye
[from a Facebook picture]
a grasshopper
visits my hairbrush
doesn't answer my 'why?'
[Meredith Villines' picture on Facebook]
zealots of hate--
even after its rude shake
our country still stands
[editorial, AD-G the day after 9-11]
250
haiku in one submission--
not one selected
[Robert Spiess, editor, modern haiku]
Hal Borland:
"December's the price
we pay for June"
[Hal Borland's Sundial of the Seasons]
80 days
after the earthquake
cat found barely alive
[news article, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
a Greek connection
3 students die & 5 hurt
over alcohol
[UCA's decision to punish fraternity]
massive oak limb
crushing
the antique fence
[news article]
line at the food bank
clients careful to take
only one cookie
[Jay Grelan, AD-G, 2010]
grass through the cracks
of abandoned parking lot
old drive-in movie
[from Paul Greenberg's '92 column, reprinted in '98, AD-G]
January's end
the hundred-foot Christmas tree
losing its light
[AD-G photo]
face to face
with the flame-colored sky
for just one instant
[Jennifer Hansen (McFann), AD-G]
a nest of swallows
holding up the interstate
highway repairs
[AD-G article]
not looking
at anything ... but seeing
more and more of it
[Bob Lancaster, Arkansas Times]
in my mother's yard
her mother's yellow rose
[J. Hamilton, River of Used To Be]
pale gray sky
framing the wreckage
a steady rain
[J. Slivka, AD-G]
gunning for ice
with a 16-gauge
to save the trees
Meredith Oakley, AD-G]
child at the window
the sun's strange effect
on icicles
[The Walkers, Hi and Lois comics]
perched on a dead fall
duck hunter waits and watches
the empty sky
[AD-G sports news 1997]
on the deck
listening to the snow
fall
[the Walkers, Hi and Lois, 2000]
winter naps
daddy purring louder
than the kitty
[Bil Keane, The Family Circus, 1998]
10 miles per hour
across a treacherous bridge
grateful, speed to 12
[Meredith Oakley, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 2001]
after Katrina
the lake full of rooftops
as far as one can see
[A. Rosenblum]
cold December day
a flock of pigeons
in front of the moon
[pic by S. Bridenthal, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
under the drip
on an icicle
black-cap's open beak
[Birds in Bloom]
blue heron
feasting on beetles
in the old pool
[Ann Dague]
leaves down and raked
windows locked, lawn chairs stored
so come on, snow
["Hi & Lois" comic, B.& G. Walker]
six trees in the house
"a little bit of Christmas
in every room"
[T. Raney]
the bare gingko tree
its golden leaves allowed
to lie undisturbed
[The Observer, Arkansas Times]
the sun
breaks through
warming my cheek
[Philip Martin, AD-G]
Dakota deep freeze
he cuts hay with chain saw
to keep herd alive
[news photo, 1. 21. 1997
one payment shy
the fellowship hall
now gone
[A. Harter, 1. 29. 1999]
the school scattered
beyond the wall
bearing it's name
[J. Slivka, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
1.29. 1999]
kick-standing bike
still on the porch
--house gone
[A. Harter, 1. 16. 1999]
into the path
of an oncoming blessing
sun's ray through the tree
[Jennifer Hansen, AD-G]
still teaching
piano lessons
at age 90
[from an obit]
coin toss decides
the mayorship after
a tie vote
[Prairie City,OR]
reporter's notebook
abandoned in the rain
of The Opening
[The Clinton Library, LR, AR]
last lakeside picnic
cattails hiding
the wastewater plant
[Santa Fe, NM]
flights grounded
x-rayscreener scans
a toy gun
[Charlotte,NC]
Kansas protesters
preaching hate
to save our souls
[Editorial, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
when you're in the South
you'd best not insult folks
wearing camouflage
[Wally Hall, AD-G]
orphaned joey
travels in canvas backpack
docent foster mom
[article, AD-G]
bundled up --
trudging 3 snowy blocks
to find that school's closed
[news article]
culinary class--
apples into swans
and mice from radishes
[C. Park, AD-G]
library visit
the child in awe of how quiet
grown-ups can be
[Dr. John Rosemond, AD-G]
spread-eagled sedge wren
grasping the parallel stems
of dried grasses
[picture-MO Dept. of Conservation calendar]
a great blue heron
between the empty beach chair
and the rising tide
[photos- Birds 'n Blooms, Oct./Nov 2003]
migrating monarch
drinks from purple gayfeather--
chalk maple turning
[Judy Blackwell's Courier column]
stolen
ceramic Jesus painted
by an old lady
[ AD-G article]
while looking for tramps
the special night watchman
hit by a boxcar
[Other Days item, AD-G, 1904]
pastors urging
their congregants to view
the R-rated movie
[news article, Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ"]
only serious
cooking I've done all year--
on Thanksgiving
[Pat Lynch' column, AD-G]
burglary info
filling the entire top half
of the news page
[ AD-G]
the white stone road--
at everydoorway
armed guards:
could this patron
be a suicide bomber?
[Frida Ghitis column, AD-G]
six-foot wingspan
the blue heron lifting
from algae-filled pond
[ AD-G photo]
streetcar whirrs and clangs
as the haze grows steamier
a tray of beignets
[Paul Greenberg, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
working
by the shine of the moon
in the dense forest
[from Jay Grelen's column, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 9. 30. 2010]
"Refusing on Religious Grounds"
His beard
has a hearing,
says the paper's headline.
The Fort Hood shooter grew it; told
to shave.
[News, 10. 12. 2012]
"Brig. Gen. Now Only a Lt. Col."
Reward
for admitting
guilt in numerous sex-
related acts, he gets two ranks
ripped off.
[News, 6. 21. 2014]
"Explain"
Why would
a man born so
soft keep trying to be
so tough? But that was George Plipton
for you.
[Editorial, AD-G, 10. 1. 2003]
"Nursing Home Incident of Five Years Ago"
She gets
by with murder:
at age one-hundred-two,
and now with dementia, she'll not
see trial.
[News in Brief, 6. 21. 2014]
"A Steal at $400 Grand"
Selling
(reluctantly)
his town of Swett to tend
to his traveling-concession
business.
[News, 6. 30. 2014]
"A Pause--In Honor?"
Berry
in blackbird's beak
while it rests on a stone
at National Cemetery
gravesite.
[Picture, S. Briedenthal, AD-G, 7. 1. 2014]
TANKA
wind-fanned
flames
chew through
a hillside
neighborhood
[News, J. Barnard, AP, 9. 17. 2014]
the old farmhouse
falling
into its last decay
[Willie Morris: The Last of the Southern Girls, p. 86, 9. 9. 1999]
President's low pass:
wide sheet of onyx water
and the bobbing roofs
[Richard Ford, 9. 11. 2005]
a descendant
of one killed by a mule's kick
learned to drive one
[C. Storey, AD-G, 4. 30. 2012]
Earth Day fete
cancelled
because of rain
[NY, Associated Press, 4. 23. 2012]
a child running
through a field of tulips
grown for the U. S.
[picture, P. Dejong, AD-G, 4. 23. 2012]
the church is gone
but the choir robes still hang
in all their whiteness
[Smithville MS news article, 4. 29. 2011]
when the sky turned green
the twister swirled into view
one-half the town gone
[Mapleton, Iowa, 4. 11. 2011]
"At the Reptile Store"
I'd feel
bad, too, ifmy
store was the place where a
man died after a roach-eating
contest.
[news, 10 10. 2012]
"Conversation on seeing a harem skirt in public"
"Oh, look at that!
The nerve of her
to wear that costume out!"
"I'd never wear
one out like that--
she's positively stout."
[a Laurette poetry pattern;
from an OTHER DAYS item, 1911, AD-G, 8. 5. 2011]
"O. D. Ketchum Family"
Small place--
post office, store,
gas station (Bonnerdale)
run by total population
of three!
[from Mr. Veveto, in Old Time Chronicle, M/Ap, 2003]
In front
of the fireplace
memorizing poems--
baking the front of me, freezing
the back.
[Ibid]
TWO STORIES, SAME PAPER, SAME DAY
I. One man
exults over
a second new-born son;
dad of a soldier mourns the death
of his.
II. In our
human contacts,
it always boils down to
a lifelong string of hellos and
goodbyes.
[Mike Masterson's column, AD-G, 10. 9. 2003]
[
called out at home
tagged
by an empty glove
[news, 4. 23. 2011
eye to eye
with the caribou
far cry of a loon
[S. Trimble article, 6. 7. 1998]
excuse
not to mow--
ground-level ozone
[news, 7. 26. 1997]
young child's show-and-tell
was 50 packets of Dad's
heroin. Oops!
[News in Brief, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 4. 11. 2012]
"Epiphany for a Child"
Water
from "whites only"
fountain tasted the same
as that from the fountain labeled
"colored."
[Joyce Elliot, AD-G, High Profile feature, 4. 24. 2005]
I. You can't
appreciate
or save something without
inventorying it," caver
Slay says.
[A. Deslatte,NW edition, AD-G, 4. 19. 2004]
II. "Cavefish"
Tiny,
translucent and
eyeless bugs (millipedes)
unique to a few Ozark cave
waters.
[Ibid.]
A cook
of L.S.D.?
Degreed in chemistry,
using elaborate,precise
controls.
[C. Munck, NW ed., AD-G, 4. 19. 2004]
search for beginnings:
gravitational waves OR
interstellar dust?
[D. Overbye, New York Times/ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
over time
winds
can explain
the wiggles
in temperatures
[J. Barnard, AP/ AD-G]
Canadian
smuggling
more than 50
turtles strapped
to his body
[newspaper, 9.26. '14]
Aggies
last three
touchdowns took
a total
of five plays
[9.28. '14, Wally Hall, sports, AD-G]
criminals:
don't wear
strong cologne
if running
from police
[news, 9.30, '14]
the light
at the end
of the tunnel
is not
a train
[9.30.'14, W. Hall, AD-G after the Aggies beat the winning AR Razorbacks in overtime]
rising expectations
diminished obligations
the curse of our times
[Editorial, P. Terizian, 7. 10. 1997]
a really small world:
one-half of Miami's dust
comes from Africa
[Washington Post/ AD-G, 1. 20. 1999]
shortly after win
Tiger Stadium storm-hit--
N. Y. Mets' revenge?
[News, 1. 20. 1999]
sea-bottom grazing--
buffet of romaine
for the manatees
[News picture, 7. 1. 1997
ghosts visit
on the patio chairs
oh, wait! that's snow!
[iWitness/Judy-jon, Calif, 2. 23. 2013]
the traffic signal
downed during a snowstorm
is still working
[AP/ The Telegraph, Alton IL, J. Badman, 2.23. 2013]
snow
covers a cholla cactus
in Arizona
[adapted-S. Warren, while viewing weather pics, 2.23.2013]
squirrel watching the snow
from the broad stump
of an oak limb
[ AP/St. Joseph News Press, J. Stewart, 2.23. 2013]
first snow in 2 years
enough to build
a snow dragon
[iWitness/TeeKay, 2.23. 2013]
on Mother's Day
his mother
killed herself
[NYT Bk. Rev. about K. Vonnegut, 3.8. 2012]
cat investigates
the large cardboard carton
the boy there first
[comic, Rose is Rose, P. Brady, 6.3. 1998]
six weeks into spring
snow-topped tulips
still standing
[picture, 5.4. 2013
"a distaste
for starting on the first try"--
the old Ford pickup
[article on loggers, 9.20. 1999]
on every side,
the mountains;
on every mountain, trails
[F. Fellone, AD-G, 7.17. 1997]
daughter's wedding
snuffing the parents candle
her father's tears
[S. Caldwell, AD-G, 7.23. 2003]
from an upper floor
looking down at a Boeing
707
[article, 7.26. 1997]
@
the only preposition
on the keyboard
[RayTomlinson, ArkansasDemocrat- Gazette, 11.22.2010]
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above the fog
geese fly in formation
across the river
how do they know
which way is which?
[picture by R. McFarland, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 12. 19. 2006]
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"... accustomed
to the quiet
of his own company"
[J. Ryan, S.F. Chronicle, describing Bill Neal, WWII vet, 4. 5. 2003]
after Katrina
the lake full of rooftops
as far ras one can see
[A. Rosenblum, Arkansas Times, 12. 9. 2005]
after the flood
yard full of photos
drying out
[AD-G, 6.24.1997]
AFTER THE REUNION
Little
white church alone
again, guarding headstones
of early descendants until
next year.
[AD-G's Tri-Lakes supplement, 6. 1. 2003]
after they married
December 5, '41
war broke out
[obit of an 86-year-old woman, AD-G, 12. 7. 2006]
(the) air full of carp
streamers ... eight hundred of them
children's May Day
[from a picture]
all work for more play--
assembling
the jungle gymn
[from a picture]
allowing spiders
the run of the house
during winter
[Annie Dillard,Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, p.50, 2.25. 2004]
alone at the church
shoveling silt from the floor
fallen Easter cross
[newspaper, 3.10.1997]
among lighted forms
of frolicking reindeer
a live mule deer
[picture, 12.5. 1996]
among the pumpkins
the fallen toddler
crying for mama
[picture, 10. 8. 1998
animals and clowns
decorate his room
now knee deep in mud
[newspaper, 3.11. 1997]
an owl 's whoawh
breaking the morning silence
over the deer stand
[Steve Bowman, 10. 15. 2000, AD-G ]
ant hills and deer tracks
over the unknown spot
where son is buried
[article, M. Hellen, AD-G ]
April Fool's day
flooded wheat and bean fields
entombed in ice
[newspaper, 4.8.1997]
Arkadelphia's JOE COX
As a
child, the life-long
veterinarian
had only a billy goat to
play with.
[featured obit, AD-G 6.17. 2004]
at 78
she and the "girls" at the Home
still talked about boys
[featured obit, AD-G -- R. Knickerbocker, 1. 31. 2006]
at the last second
working cop with a solo
throws on his choir robe
[featured obit, AD-G-- D. Gochot, 12. 6. 2005]
athletic muscle
prevailing ... note the "D" rule
at UAF
[from George Arnold's AD-G column, 1.27. 2005]
awaking
to the quiet of a phone
that doesn't ring
[Bill Hall, editorial page editor, Lewiston (ID) Tribune, 10. 1. 1999]
B
backyard birdwatcher
using his binoculars--
friends in high places
[idea from Dennis The Menace comic/No.Amer. Syndicate, 3.29.1997]
bare dirt
the schoolyard... no fun to lose
all your marbles
[Veleto/Old Time Chronicle, 2.25. 2003]
bare gingko
its golden leaves allowed
to lie undisturbed
[AT Observer vignette, 12. 30, 2004]
bargain luxury:
organic strawberries
five bucks a quart
[Max Brantley/ Arkansas Times, 5.13. 2005]
beaver
gnawing the willow branch--
ospreys circle
[MIssouri Dept. of Conservation calendar, 1.6.2000]
becoming
literally, morally square
in his old age
[Bill Hall, Lewiston (ID) Tribune, 10.1.'99]
before daffodils
or purple martins
killer tornadoes
[Paul Greenberg, AD-G, 3.3.'97]
behind a tow truck
the '81 Volkswagen
with Just Married signs
[John Sykes Jr., AD-G, 5.4.'04]
behind hollyhocks
the hard-edged, less poppy tune
of early Beatles
[AD-G picture, 5.11.'98]
beneath the bare trees
Harbinger of Spring blossom
in the moist woods
[MO calendar, 1999, poem edited by David Priebe]
Beware
High tide
and a full moon
coupled with the strong wind
blowing off the ocean might cause
flooding.
[news article, AD-G, 1.24.2005]
blackberry brambles
obscuring
old cemetery paths
[news article, 6.27.1997]
black curtain of rain
rolling in from the ocean--
the fractured boat
[news article, 9.26.1998]
black sodden fields
slender streams snake
back toward the river
[news, 4.27.1997]
a blizzard
forcing the duo inside
with their wedding plans
[article on N.C. snow, 1.27.2000]
median flowers
blowing in the wind
of the freeway traffic
[Jim Mullen, Benton (AR) Courier, 9.24.2005]
bookstore window
of university town:
Latin Can Be Fun
P. Brandon's London Journal column, 9.5.1997]
breath of fresh air
from the second-story roof
dog ponders next move
[news picture, 6.27.1997]
bridge pro's bandaged hand
"This is serious," she moans.
"I can't shuffle cards!"
[Ann T. Kinnaird's remarks, 2.17.2004]
bumper sticker: Peace ...
live in it or rest in it
the driver's black eye
[The Observer, Arkansas Times, 5.16.1998]
burglary info
filling the entire top half
of the news page
[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 9.20.2006]
buried to doors
police cars abandoned
to avalanche
[news article, 12.30.1996]
butterfly
over the bed
of petunias
[caption, picture by Michelle Posey, 9.17.2003]
the butterfly
sunning ... warming
up wing muscles
[The Big Bug Book, M. Facklan, 1.7.19]
C
calling in sane
to take the afternoon off
early fall Friday
[AD-G editorial anecdote, 9.28. 1999]
can't-wait patriot
lights a single firecracker
on June 30th
[Idea from The Observer, Arkansas Times, 7. 13. 2001]
Capitol lighting--
Brownies and Shriners
in the same parade
[AD-G, 12. 7. 2003]
car window down
listening for the river
with my eyes closed
[ala Paul Greenberg, AD-G, 3. 1. 1999]
"Carousel"
Shuffling
the wooden herd
between storage spaces
resulted in the loss of one
pony.
[AD-G article, 3.27.2003]
the cat padding off
with her customary grace
ignoring the jay
[from Charles Allbright's column in the AD-G, 8.29. 1997]
catching a dull flash
from the darkening windows--
his metal snuff can
[from Joe Hill by Wallace Stegner, p. 241, 6.13. 1999]
catching a trout
and a hook in the ear
his second time out
[AD-G editorial vignette, 3.19.1999]
catching z-z-z-zs and rays--
weary flood fighters
wait for more sandbags
[news picture, 4.19. 1997]
cautionary tale:
with enough ice
any shoe is a skate
[Idea from Dennis the Menace, 1. 14. 1997]
centenarian
a widow longer
than she was a wife
[Obituary, 4. 3. 2004]
"Civil Rights Movement"
Promised
happiness? No,
but the pursuit thereof--
epiphany on MLK's
birthday.
[Editorial, AD-G, 1. 15. 2002]
child's bright idea:
Mommy, take the doll shopping
for my Mother's Day
[Bil Keane's Dolly, The Family Circus, 5. 8. 1998]
childhood July 4ths:
vinegar and brown paper
for sunburn blisters
[Wally Hall (sports), AD-G, 7.4. 2001]
"Oh, Goody"
Children
excited that
Grandma wants to play her
favorite rock music ... "Rock of
Ages."
[Bil Keane's Family Circus, AD-G, 7. 16. 1996]
Chistmas--
when all our blessings deserve
a recount
[Ziggy comic, Tom Wilson, AD-G, 12. 25. 2000]
climbing
into the orange flower
the eastern grey treefrog
[Birds 'n Blooms, Ju/Ju, 2002; transcribed, 1.20 2004]
clown
leans into April-Fool's snow
the circus still on
[Picture, AD-G, 4. 4.1997; transcribed 4. 7. same year]
cold snap freezes
Trocadero fountains
ice skaters converge
[News picture, AD-G, 12. 30. 1996]
cool, crisp summer night
deer sniffing around coolers
in sight of campers
[Frank Fellone column, AD-G, 7. 17.1997]
coreopsis blooms--
lofty pedestrian bridge
gradually takes shape
[AD-G picture by Steve Keesee, 6. 23. 2005]
cotton farmer
caught between bugs
and broiling heat
[AD-G David Mercer article, 3. 27. 2003]
creek's coldness
rustling over gravel bar
an orange leaf
[F. Fellone, AD-G, 8. 20. 1998]
crisp autumn winds
...praise all veterans who fought
for our liberty
[AD-G article, 11. 12. 1996]
crowds at the park
on this warm winter weekend
child in the sandbox
[Idea from caption, AD-G picture, 2. 10. 1998]
crumbling
into the undergrowth
an old schoolhouse
[AD-G article on Newton Co. logging, 9. 20. 1999]
culinary class
apples into swans
mice from radishes
[Carolyn Park article, AD-G, 11. 13. 2006]
cutting
the red zinnias
before the frost
[a letter from Faye Wise, 11. 4. 1997]
D
dank stink of mildew--
passing nurse all dressed in white
measures blood pressure
[news, 3.8.1997]
darkness
on t floor
the moon's rising
[AD-G's Steve Bowman's reverie from a deer stand, 10. 22. 1999; published in Old-Millpond Anthology, August 2001]
~~
day of the shootings--
studying Dickinson's
'I Never Lost as much but twice'
later, we remembered
and thought it ironic
[news article, 5. 18. 1998; published in the premier issue of Ion Codrescu's Hermitage June, 2004]
~~
deputy
leaning into the third leg
of a 20-hour shift
[A. Harter column, AD-G, 1. 23. 1999; published in Muse of Fire, #110, spring, 1999]
~~
diet martini--
no pimento
in the olive
[Hagar the Horrible comic, Chris Browne, AD-G, 4. 17. 1998]
~~
dirt
moving out of state
for a golf course
[news article, 5. 3. 1999]
~~
dog days of August
the Post Office releasing
Christmas catalogues
[article, 8. 29. 1997; published in Parnassus (editor, Denver Stull) July, 2003]
~~
dolphins leaping
into the moon's silver path~
quiet evening
[T. Bartimus, AP appearing in the Benton Courier 5. 31. 2005]
~~
dot-and-line clocks
hard on a little tyke
learning to tell time
[idea from Bil Keane comic, Family Circus, AD-G, 1. 14. 1997]
~~
(the) dry stickiness
of a spider's web
sidestepping the briars
[Steve Bowman's deer stand reverie, AD-G, 10. 22. 1999; published in Old-Millpond Anthology 10. 2001]
~~
duck builds nest, lays eggs
under boat's steering column
--wind and rain sheltered
[from Arkansas Times Observer, 4.30. 1997]
~~~~
E
edge of the cornfield--
Lab Retriever waiting
till his master comes
[picture, AD-G, 118. 1996]
~~
eighteen degrees
three-hundred-seventy days
since it was this cold
[TV weatherperson, 1. 2. 2008]
~~
Eighty-
seven launches
between catastrophes--
even more amazing than moon
landings.
[Mike Thomas, Orlando Sentinel, 2. 3. 2003]
~~
eighty-two year old's
jet ski of no use--
the rising river
[News, 6. 25. 1997]
~~
emerging
from under a highway bridge
with his shaving kit
[Arkansas Times Observer, 8. 24. 2001]
~~
enactors go home
skirting a real battle--
excluding women
[from headline of article, AD-G, 8. 29. 1997]
~~
erasing the road
from the distant cliff face
bright shaft of sunlight
[from Harper's, 6. 1997
~~
(added E poems 4.15.14)
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ADDED JUNE 3 2014 - not in alphabetical order (too hard to do with all I have collected; sorry).
postal carrier
trudging thru' heavy snow
("...neither rain nor snow...")
[AP/The St. Joseph (MO) News Press--Matt Reid (viewing weather pictures,) 2. 23. 2013]
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