Poets know how to write
how to share the world in words
the best books on writing I've ever read
are those on poetry
Reasons to live in Minnesota
family
Lakes
because you like mosquito bites
Grandmas died here
Lakes
because you are tough enough for winter
five generations have lived here
Lakes
Trees
Trees
Trees
Family
. . .
Fighting the urge for chocolate cake
lets try the celery for pete's sake
. . .
Some Similies
tired as parents of a colicky newborn
Hot as the anger of a woman called "girl"
Waves unfolded like airplanes crashing into the twin towers
Distrusting as a millionaire made president
the child trembles like a dog taking his last breath
the airplane rose like a cough
rough, deep, studdering- until it finally
caught air
black as midnight in my living room
computer screens aglow, no sleep
only thoughts
endless night of thoughts
He entered the room like a seagull
squawking and looking for food
. . .
A good name for a poetry book: Textual Pleasures
. . .
I am trying to think
but she crosses my path
and I smile
. . .
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