Short Poems

Bob, , , 
1.
The syllogisms that hold up silence
Are understandably invisible and 
Full of oranges and greens and yellows,
That aren’t colors at all, but the fullness
Of a late afternoon.  

2.
The wind in the trees 
Picks up the wishes that will one day become a new cosmos.

3.
A bit of blown leaves holler at the chimney.
Afterward, now below, the blown leaves caught in the chain link.

On the abandoned apartment building
Someone spray painted gothic arches.

4.
Forever is a verb
With clouds for hair

And coat buttons 
Of highways
Germinating into the 
Sky

An eclipse
Is the mailing address
Of dark matter

Forever is the typeface
Of letting go

5.
The rain sounds out the road, into the windy streets,
The cosmos of walking.

That’s why there are stars,
Over and over, love is something new.

15 thoughts on “Short Poems”

  1. Absolutely beautiful man. Just wonderful to simply read these words and sentences rolling along like the river that never ends and the seemingly impossible combinations you create. There are so many favorites to choose from, but you’ve already written them so you don’t even need to read them again, just to say, i’m glad to have stumbled on your blog and please may it continue!!

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  2. Oh screw it…..I’ll list one of my favorite lines, one of those that instantly eliminated gravity – “The wind in the trees Picks up the wishes that will one day become a new cosmos.”

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