tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2870873575257287087..comments2024-03-29T09:04:58.888-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - DodoitsuTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-91139840100532132362015-07-28T03:25:11.796-04:002015-07-28T03:25:11.796-04:00Purposes: A Triple Dodoitsu
The bust of the emper...Purposes: A Triple Dodoitsu<br /><br />The bust of the emperor<br />Dead for many centuries<br />Still serves a mighty purpose.<br /> Birds nest on his ears.<br /><br />He does not hear them cooing,<br />Nor feels the weight of the eggs,<br />Still, he is the godfather<br />If many nestlings.<br /><br />May the powers send to us<br />An emperor of such note<br />Who rules with benevolence<br />Jane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-20823678150324574732015-07-27T03:59:24.300-04:002015-07-27T03:59:24.300-04:00Blades of grass and leaves on trees
Do not measure...Blades of grass and leaves on trees<br />Do not measure their movements.<br />Here, we common poets sit,<br />Counting, and counting.<br /><br />-Phillip Van WagonerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475427153300300772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-9930033267746741902015-07-22T17:18:00.106-04:002015-07-22T17:18:00.106-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-11242126629941322812015-07-22T17:17:54.561-04:002015-07-22T17:17:54.561-04:00SPRINGTIME CELEBRATION
Chirping on budding branche...SPRINGTIME CELEBRATION<br />Chirping on budding branches<br />Alongside rows of finches,<br />Our full-throated harmonies<br />Celebrate springtime. <br /><br />(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-32832566440967994192015-07-21T09:05:23.050-04:002015-07-21T09:05:23.050-04:00Work and love:
There’s a deadline coming down
the...Work and love:<br /><br />There’s a deadline coming down<br />the tracks like a train and I’m<br />tied to the tracks—oh Dudley Do-Right<br />save me, please come fast.<br /><br /><br /><br />Didn’t want to fall in love<br />with Socrates but I did.<br />Obviously I was born<br /> a little too late.<br /><br />—Kate Coombs, 2015<br />all rights reservedKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.com