Author Archives: sputterpub

Extra Credit

Posted on October 25, 2016 by sputterpub

I didn’t mean to write this poem today. I mean, I didn’t set myself the task. I sat and tossed a 5-beat line, the way a child kicks a can. So don’t you ask me to defend a word, or … Continue reading →

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Myopia

Posted on October 24, 2016 by sputterpub

No matter where you journey, there you are: an individual within a space, informed by sun position and by star configuration, feeling any place unreal to “How’s the weather? What’s the scene?” surrounding you right now. It’s raining here so … Continue reading →

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ABC

Posted on October 21, 2016 by sputterpub

I’ve always been unbalanced – either crazed with too much work to do in scanty time, or stuck in weekend afternoons, amazed there’s nothing needed, frittering my prime away, my part-time fear. And looking long, I gather I’ll still have … Continue reading →

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Resume

Posted on October 20, 2016 by sputterpub

Prepared to write bad poetry, I place my muddled thoughts up front, my pen in hand, and shifting in my seat, I set the pace of meter pulsing: rhythm on demand. There’s more to it than drumming – vowels grace … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood News

Posted on October 19, 2016 by sputterpub

We have a new neighbor and we hope we’re about to lose the old one. Jerry’s friend Jennifer moved in. We didn’t know Jerry had a significant other. We don’t know that now. He described her as a cousin when … Continue reading →

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Complexion

Posted on October 18, 2016 by sputterpub

Embedded in the crease above her lip, a tiny whitehead shows. Her face is lined, her hair is flat, her colors nondescript, and as her speech gives entrance to her mind, I watch her waddle with a walking spin, I … Continue reading →

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Promises

Posted on October 17, 2016 by sputterpub

Her dog is walking her this afternoon upon a sidewalk carpeted with leaves, and she detects the winter coming soon for it’s too cool today for T shirt sleeves. An apple is reducing in her hand as she ingests each … Continue reading →

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Note

Posted on October 10, 2016 by sputterpub

I’m taking the rest of the week off. I intend to return next Monday. Meanwhile, here’s a little note: The weatherman suggested we’ll get wet today. He mentioned odds of ten percent, how odd October rain would be, and yet … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on October 7, 2016 by sputterpub

October 7th is the date today. It’s Friday and the sky is hazy blue. The temperature is high around the bay and smoggy atmosphere obscures the view. The garbage men will cruise our neighborhoods, but only after poachers play their … Continue reading →

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Art

Posted on October 6, 2016 by sputterpub

I’ve seen attacks on concrete walls, with cans of paint, transformative in hands so fast. But more impressive is the way the man’s applying ink to paper makes a cast of monsters matter, pens a scene or act. He draws … Continue reading →

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