Category Archives: Poetry

Nine Inches

Posted on January 23, 2017 by sputterpub

My daughter told me Portland has no plows, for snowfall seldom sticks. She said a mere two inches and the infrastructure bows. Quadruple that and pavements disappear, a tram derails, the buses pop their chains, and sunny icy days ensue … Continue reading →

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Meditation Block

Posted on January 20, 2017 by sputterpub

The route from home to BART has pleasant views, a gentle downward slope, infrequent stops – it’s sustenance for senses, walking news, but Alcatraz to Woolsey has no shops. Pedestrians like me, who people-spy, will find a house attractive but … Continue reading →

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Landing

Posted on January 19, 2017 by sputterpub

Approaching San Diego from the sky, I’m staggered at how wide the place has grown in 50 years. Through airplane glass I spy a million houses, each a planted stone, aligned as if in labyrinth. Somewhere a center is, but … Continue reading →

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Spinner

Posted on January 17, 2017 by sputterpub

In memory, a tiny dancer twirls upon a mirrored surface, to a waltz. Her tutu, hair, and toe shoes are a girl’s first fantasy – the princess/swan exalts what fancy later horse and wedding wins. But first this music box … Continue reading →

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Leisure

Posted on January 13, 2017 by sputterpub

He wants the best in schooling for his kid. She claims this place is good, although the scene did not promote the urge to learn, or rid her son of lassitude. What do they mean? By what forgetful fit are … Continue reading →

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Post Mortem

Posted on January 12, 2017 by sputterpub

I never had a lover die before, but unexpected circumstances struck a former friend with cancer cells, that tore his toe to turn his thread amok. And now I learn my angry ex-spouse died when driving home a Friday month … Continue reading →

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Memory Losses

Posted on January 10, 2017 by sputterpub

Two men who shared my memories are dead. One shuffled off the coil two years back. The other just destroyed himself, I read in missive from his adult son. The fact that cars collided doesn’t change the truth no mourner … Continue reading →

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Pulsox

Posted on January 9, 2017 by sputterpub

I tried to take your mental pulse, and found I couldn’t count a rhythm, couldn’t tell if you were swamped by politics, half-drowned by pessimism, or surpassing well in spite of recent news (which you don’t read or watch or … Continue reading →

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Sleep

Posted on January 6, 2017 by sputterpub

Impatient was the adjective for me before I spoke. And willful was the trait my parents had to deal with. Apathy was never apt to catch and generate my portrait. So it won’t be a surprise to learn I scorned … Continue reading →

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Atwirl

Posted on January 5, 2017 by sputterpub

This dancer is the opposite of fine. Her seams are obvious, her colors cast at her on some antique production line where scores of storkish ballerinas massed, awaiting magnets and the urge to spin within a mirrored box, untethered, free … Continue reading →

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