Category Archives: poetry

take me to the fair – September 1

Posted on September 4, 2016 by landl30

9.1.2016 chocolate deep fried happiness on a stick   fork me over with a lemon scented shandy   and set me home ward from the Fair   foods and family corn-fed Minnesota girls   wrapped up in a pronto pup … Continue reading →

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squeezing – August 27

Posted on August 31, 2016 by landl30

8.27.2016 lemon pulp vessels burst   sweet tart droplets fill   delight, cake, zest, with wonder. —————–

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especially – August 26

Posted on August 31, 2016 by landl30

8.26.2016 nightime prayers Lord remember me and all those I love, hate, need despise.   send your love hold us all even when especially we don’t deserve it. —————–

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eyeblink – August 25

Posted on August 28, 2016 by landl30

8.25.2016 the surgical light gazes down while the man out of sight adjusts the tube in your arm   voices sound like they’re in the next room or maybe a dream moment   except it’s your love leaning over saying … Continue reading →

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walking with my eyes closed – August 23

Posted on August 24, 2016 by landl30

8.23.2016 walking with my eyes closed down along my well known stones   one foot, next foot, step right left foot down my street of dreams   where oh where the time goes past maybe next I’ll see it cast … Continue reading →

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house repairs – August 22

Posted on August 22, 2016 by landl30

8.22.2016 house repairs fast and furious   as if it knew that tuition payments had ended. ————————-

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figure of speech – August 21

Posted on August 22, 2016 by landl30

8.21.2016 a voice on the phone says hello I have your results   all is normal all is well, benign no change   a weight disappears that I thought was only a figure of speech.   literal lift, lightness of … Continue reading →

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tests and questions – August 16

Posted on August 17, 2016 by landl30

8.16.2016 tests and questions, forms and dots little circles to fill in while you wait for procedures   the person next to me is what matters the rest is smoke and mirrors. ——————————-

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electronic oops – August 15

Posted on August 16, 2016 by landl30

8.15.2016 they spelled our names wrong again   email, twitter, face book et al   how will we live with our electronic worlds done wrong.   one foot in front of the other with real live people. —————————

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songs on the way – August 11

Posted on August 13, 2016 by landl30

8.11.2016 all we go down to the dust yet even at the grave we make our song Alleluia, Alleluia Alleluia.   a plain plastic box holds her remains but not her soul   we spoke and prayed the words for … Continue reading →

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