demi said hang on tothat thought whileI empty the hot waterbottle but I don’t knowwhether wonderingwhen and wherebaloney originatedis a thought worthhanging onto
Jacqueline Jackie Jackson
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zen moment poem #1
the next day, in thestillness of the moment,noting the candle’srhythmic flicker I knewthe walls were singing,reverberating from the joyoussounds of forty choir-camp voicesas they raised the roof of my home
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strange sight poem #1
our river flooded and frozewhen the water receded thekids and I winter-hiked inthe sangamon bottomlandeach tree, thick and ancientto sapling slim, was circledabout waist high with a whiteice tutu a vast corps de balletsleeping beauties stilled by acold enchantress or perhapswaiting for the cue of swan lake
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post-holiday poem
NPR’s this american life had stories about thelengths some parents have gone to make thegood saint real I was too young to recall whenhe brought our pony but there are photos ofmy sisters and me astride the gentle beast anda rather thin santa holding the bridle my folkswere realists of course santa didn’t come downthe […]
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rhyming poem # 22
“It’s no poem without rhymes!”Amaiya, neighbor friend, avowed.“I have learned it now in school,Poems rhyme, and that’s the rule!So none of yours in Illinois TimesAre truly verse, it’s not allowed.Muffet, tuffet, Jill and hill,You can rhyme yours if you will!” Amaiya, love, a gift for you:I’ll try to make a rhyme that’s true.I don’t claim […]
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puzzle poem # 1
puzzle poem # 1 when feeding the red phalaropeoften swims in circles forming asmall whirlpool this nugget gainedfrom jigzone.com I often ease intothe day by doing the daily puzzletoday’s is the bottom of a greenwellington boot washed up by thetide a sturdy little-worn sole youwonder how it was lost and didanyone go with it I […]
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tailsuppoem #1
the famous sculptor casting carl sandburgin bronze added a nubian goat to the pedestal(sandburg liked goats) the galesburg committeewants the tail down the sculptor objects I agreelet me tell you about goats I grew up with themyou may already know they have green yellowflecked eyes enigmatic horizontal black pupilslittle wattles some grow stiletto horns all […]
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tooth fairy letter #3
dear tooth fairy: I have lost three molars and one eyetooth since you have lastpaid me and you don’t haveto pay me anything if you canarrange with my mom so she gives me a clothes allowance next year – tell her I wouldn’t mind if she doesn’t raise my regular allowance thoughit would be nice
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it’s a strange world poem # 1
had some interesting talk at writers groupt’other night yosh told how a stranger cameinto the flower shop stood by her and recitedichi, ni, san, shi, the japanese numbers to tenyosh has never learned the language she wasnonplussed she recited back at him uno, dos,tres, cuatro, up to ten the man walked outpeg’s story echoed this […]
