Since yesterday was National Poetry Day, I am spreading my love of poetry by sharing a couple of freebie poems from my lovely poet hubby, Joseph Robert and I. So, let’s cut to the chase and get down to all things poetry…
Unputdownable
(Page 9 – Metamorphosis of Woman)
There are some poems by
the poet who died
in the magazine
Not that he died
in the magazine
His poems just appeared
in the magazine
This is a poem about
the guy who died
but it’s not in the magazine
It might be in another magazine
but not this one
The one I’m talking about
The one that’s unputdownable
The magazine was unputdownable
but not the guy, the poet,
who was putdownable
A cocktail of drugs and cheap vodka
rendered him putdownable
And all that remains of him,
all that will live on,
are his dead-man poems
which are now
unputdownable.
This Poem Is Specifically Not About The Moon
(Page 13 – Realms of Man)
O, thou Serene
Silene
Siren
Light singing temptress of the poet’s heart
and the scientist’s eye
Dry Inert Rocks
Metal Flags
& Feelings
Dreams of deepness
Tides of seeming
I know, really a pebble is what you is
I’ll put you in my mouth and roll you along my tongue
Then I want to bite down
Shatter my teeth
Leilanie Stewart 