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Poetry Month – April 21

Architecture of FireXXAt the very tip top
Of an oh so tall branch
Growing straight up
And away
from its brotherhood of branches below
Is a cardinal
A bright red cardinal
Which
from way down here
Looks like… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 20

Architecture of FireXIXThe Rector didn’t tell them what to wear for their confirmation.
No one at the church sent her home with a dress code typed on a mimeographed sheet of paper.
The girls said they had to … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 19

Architecture of FireXVIIIShe stops her bike
Not because she is tired
She stops her bike at a roadside shrine
Not because she needs to pray
She stops her bike in front of the giant statue of Buddha
Not… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 18

Architecture of FireXVIIIn the galaxy of the fire circle
gathered for X’s birthday,
they sit side by side
Strangers in proximity,
close enough to study each other’s profile and
whoops,
Catch each other’s eye, which
whoops,
leads to … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 17

Architecture of FireXVIFirst born, first eaten, last retrieved,
Hestia sat inside her father’s belly the longest.
Deep inside his bile, she had time to wonder
what turns a soul so mean and frenzied,
a heart so shriveled,
it … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 16

Architecture of FireXVZeus gave Hestia
A simple throne by the Hearth,
Immovable Heat.One of my poems during the month is always a haiku (5-7-5). It’s a nod to one of my favorite writers, Liz Garton Scanlon. More… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 15

Architecture of FireIVShe wonders sometimes,
Usually when she’s pulling the king contour sheet
off the clothesline and folding the corners into one another
the way her mother taught her,
About the ravagers,
the gobblers,
the gorgers
The people … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 14

Architecture of FireXIIIShe wonders if there is a heart in a fire
She stabs at the center where the coals glow
So red, they flicker blue like blood
So red, they burn every molecule and atom of wood… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 13

The Architecture of FireXIIThe birthday candle sits atop the one cupcake in front of her.
A flame tickles the air like the aide’s finger under her chin
When he wipes a wandering bit of spittle or food
drooling … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 12

Architecture of FireXIFire…Away
Off
Up
At will
Breathing
Drill
Escape
Hose
In the belly
On all cylinders… Read the rest!

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