John Knoepfle

 becoming a riddle in time I have gone to silver a sunny stream chilled in an arctic wind © John Knoepfle 2003

fall break IWU why did she abandon this cup tea still drying in the bottom white cup with its green collar preoccupied I guess going home for fall vacation and her mother with a lap full of worries her brother using her barbies for spears her father disturbing the sunday with his new riding mower […]

evening with television   on the screen the hero saves a woman from her ex the filthy sociopath the hero has been divorced on his own for twelve years he wonders should he ask her out or not on a date I consider this with two crackers and some chocolate milk © John Knoepfle 2003

lines from “all hallows” when there were stone houses or on the walled hovels even the jointstools were warm at the hearth and the cottage doors they were left open the night long that fell dark when the dead came home that was until the famine and who was left living then if only the […]

up early in october how fine this morning that big orange pumpkined harvest moon riding alone the west horizon alone in a pale blue dawning sky especially from this hospital sixth floor window [lots of care here] you can see the craters or as the peoria would have it their old woman putting out brush […]

king james version there was amazement gold bars for the rich who loaded camels sent them off gleaming through deserts no one had ever heard of at first no one cared so we were surprised that day the butcher was selling lambs heads charged silver shekels when we had no coins it got worse and […]

perceptions of joy in chicago a good afternoon we all had a share in what we did not earn someone smiling on wacker hello old man how are you why girl just fine and ready for winter  © John Knoepfle 2003

something about love love is like a bowl so when you break it glue it together if it won’t hold water fill it with apples © John Knoepfle 2003

fall night stars in their dormitories they are like students even when they are awake they are asleep © John Knoepfle 2003

rising with mars the best of springfield how about that the merry-go-round the brass ring have a muffin I like the blueberry this is the best that I can do this is the best for the best in springfield the carousel is called a lively uncle in spanish let us all get up and look […]

mr lincoln in his garden here now the sun westering abandons these pools of light they shimmer in the deep woods earlier there were miracles of butterflies resting in tall grass prairies sunning for their solar power regal fritillaries black swallowtails and those monarchs beyond simplicity of belief gearing for mexico and the fall flowers […]

scott joplin he had these quarter notes look easy play hard new rags he did these in 1912 lots of glides afro american rag before anyone in the world had to think about this chrysanthemum gold flowering gold pebbled beaches of africa jewel box of twinkling notes controlled as a bird cage these songs without […]