tanka

Friday night aging

It takes time to write punchline

no stiffer than me

listening to the YouTube

eating and reading emails

 

-April 20

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Mind Full

In between

Therapists

DePressed

Figure-atively,

Literally.

-February 2023

Writer and Rider - Spiders At Peace

 

Writer the Spider

and Rider the Spider

sat down beside  

one so playful

with intentions

that flowed stomps.

Writer the Spider

And Rider the Spider

jagged their fright

in flight forced

them to die.

 -Feb. 2023

 

I'll Bed On Me

I don’t make my bed in the morning

and tend to wake after eleven

well, when it darkens on the outside

and inside as I stall turning on lights

 

The sun-blocked by concrete walls

protect a million dollar muscle

when it should cost just 10 thousand

and constructed in course of one season.

 

My process runs, twerks, splits & sits all day

when I’m dancing, cleaning, emailing

before a movie on Netflix

playing with blankets as my aerobics

 

blankets mature as workout props

hold them tight like ropes you don’t drop

wave one at a time, make it fun

shaking arms and abs getting me strong.

  

Stretch from legs to brain

from plans, attempts to completion

moves from matter to energy

and time –it’s much too early to sleep!

 

-December 28, 2022 

 

Everybody

my stepmom organized

diminished leftovers

so bowls of all sizes

found melting and melding

with her stews and sauces

of veggies and Butter.

 

-December 2022

Poem on Progress

Looking for a five-syllable phrase

on a sobbing Saturday

my rain and the skies tears

reminding me it’s here

 

Working Gal Rock and Roll Poet: Puff’s “Brandi Carlile”

Working Gal Rock and Roll Poet: Puff’s “Brandi Carlile”: New poem that helps Puff the Magic Dragon deal with his depression through love and reaching out to him.