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Petunia

7/21/2015

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I rescued a friendly feral cat
and named her Petunia 
before discovering
she was a he
and people wondered 
why I gave him away...

first appeared on Botaiku June 28, 2015

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rustling leaves

7/21/2015

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deciduous forests

slowly reclaim

asphalt plains


first appeared in The Oak v3#3 May 1993
collected in Olives October 20, 1995
reprinted in Images May 7, 2003
reprinted in Micropoetry July 22, 2015
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lead up

7/19/2015

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Pennsic

approaches and

big plans shrink to fit the

time left as practicality

wins out


a condensed version of this tanka appeared on Heart Soup Poems March 14, 2015
it appears in this form in 'Modern Poems of Pennsic'
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calm before the storm

7/19/2015

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another year brings

big plans, hard work, high hopes and

great expectations


This haiku appears in 'Modern Poems of Pennsic'
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the years like miles

7/18/2015

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the busy crowds pass

filled with old friends & lovers

distant but not gone



first appeared in the online version of Haiku Journal on April 10, 2015
reprinted in the print version of Haiku Journal #36 on April 14, 2015
collected in Modern Poems of Pennsic scheduled for July 19, 2015
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Hephaestus

7/18/2015

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Misformed son
of unforgiving parents

you asked little
received less.

After your parents cast you out from Olympus
and Athena spurned your love
you received a wife
Aphrodite,
sad side effect of your father’s hate.

Even then your constancy
fathered Eros
a god of love.
A god of faith.

But your own love was unrewarded
with a most unfaithful wife
and even this you took
without retribution
working at your forge
creating.  Building.

Of all the gods who filled Olympus
you were the most like man,

the most like me
imperfect
a worker
a lover
a survivor

And of all the Greek gods
whose stories have been told
it is easiest to believe
that YOU are the one still there
beneath Mt. Aetna, working in the flames
surviving
even now.

I hope so.



first appeared in Midnight Zoo v1#5 1991
intended as part of a future collection titled
'Letters to Olympus'
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Chaste

7/18/2015

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I searched a thousand poems I’d written
to find those that used the word chaste.
There were none...



first appeared on The Botaiku June 28, 2015

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under the gun

7/17/2015

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“under the gun” we say
to describe those times
of extreme pressure
when productivity
so often soars

but when actually
staring down a muzzle
we are docile,
destructive
or dead


first appeared in Images May 2000
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if only we could know...

7/17/2015

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on a drunken night
in the new millennium
outside the Chalkman Pub

I put my arm around Caitlin Cheannláidir
and challenged her to look up at the stars
without falling down

in the laughter that followed
there was a brief sweet kiss
but no more

       how could we know how soon
       she would greet the stars
       in person



This ninevoy is scheduled for publication in Modern Poems of Pennsic July 19, 2015.
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broken sleep

7/17/2015

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late
night
laughter
and rowdy shouting
disturbs with memories, not noise




This is a fibonacci poem that first appeared in The Fib Review February 20, 2015
It will be collected in Modern Poems of Pennsic July 19, 2015.
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    • Book Reviews >
      • 'Sacrificial Nights'
      • Moon Facts by Bob Scholfield
      • What Stranger Miracles
      • Crowned: Sign of the Dragon Book 1
      • 'The Role of Lightning in Evolution'
      • 'Why Elephants No Longer Communicate in Greek' by Timons Esaias
      • Brief Encounters with My Third Eye
    • Flash Fiction Links
    • Prose >
      • "A Dwarf for Each"
      • Short Fiction Bibliography
      • "Standard Repair"
      • "Sense of Place, Sense of Mystery"
      • Intro - Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue
      • "No Sense Fighting"
  • The SCA
    • SCA Photos 1
    • SCA Photos 2
    • Precedence for Andreas Hak
    • SCA Persona
    • Offices Held in the SCA
    • SCA Writings >
      • Serenity: A History of Eastern Coronets
      • "The Origin of The Betting Man's Guide
      • "The New Newsletter"
      • Old Newsletters
      • "The New Newsletter"
      • "When the VOID Was One"
      • "The Hael's First Baronial Champions Event"
      • "Aftermeetings: An Excuse to Tell Svid Stories"
      • "The Origin of Aethelmearc's Ancestral Pelican Medallion"
      • Remembering Durlome Rakesh d'Mithnan (Dwarf)
      • Growth Chart of Kingdoms for the First 23 Years of the SCA
      • Doings... An incomplete and informal chronology of the earliest days of Aethelmearc
      • History of the East Kingdom
  • Something Like a Blog