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Category: Poetry

Lullaby for Thirsty Lawn Furniture

Published on December 2, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

Lullaby for Thirsty Lawn Furniture 

the chairs hunker down
under layers of misuse
and dust. the air shimmies.

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Darkness Walks

Published on November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

Darkness Walks

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13 ways of using a blackbird

Published on November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

13 ways of using a blackbird

(after reading Wallace Stevens’ poem
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”)

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laputa

Published on November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

laputa

the aeroplane passed another universe
on the way to Florida, of
all places.

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Umbilicus — A Ghazal

Published on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

Umbilicus — A Ghazal

The geoduck. In terms of the record
for longevity, every other species is outscored.
Idly she filters plankton, lays 5 billion
eggs; no predators, lives in complete accord.

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Math Is An Enlightened Demand

Published on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

Math Is An Enlightened Demand

a crash solution
to light chaos
the neon pressure
in an evolution sun

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Finding the Perfect Domain Name

Published on October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

Finding the Perfect Domain Name

There was a name for us
and we thought it should be
dreamsofsoup.

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Two Untitled Poems

Published on October 13, 2019October 16, 2019 by The Collidescope1 Comment

Untitled

in the essence of nosebleed,
lost in its prime,
the tombstone will read
as follows:
      “mistakenly made love
in the middle of
earth’s final
thunderstorm”


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in crumpled song

Published on October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

in crumpled song

so many parties
too much everything
dancing on broken glass
blue lips of lust

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L’appel du Vide

Published on September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 by The CollidescopeLeave a comment

L’appel du Vide

crime scene: your hand is parallel
to mine, 90° bridge that ends
by falling in          until you become
god. we can            stumble
into recadency,       even though your shadow

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Snuffle Sardanapalus

Published on September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 by The Collidescope1 Comment

Snuffle Sardanapalus

As a goodwill jester,
invite the invaders
to your slumber party.

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