I don’t have these in the navigation section of my site, which (time willing) will be getting an overhaul soon, seeing as I need all the CSS practice I can get. It goes without saying these are all powered by nightingale, but they are also in chronological order: Nightingale “I wanted to say something but …
Post Type Archives: Poems
Letter to the Woman in my Dreams (2013)
I dreamt about you this morning.We were married in my grandfather’s old house,Sharing a bedroom and a twin mattress. When I moved to Arkansas you were a red head,You’d smile,And that was it. California,You’ve got the face of someone I used to tutor,And we spend every moment naked. We fucked before-hand;The priest can smell the …
Little Lies #1 (2014)
I only truly care about your say,when the gettin’ gets grave. But I come to my senses.
“Let’s not talk about this, okay?” (2013)
We don’t talk about the jit—tersof those three days you disappearedHow you were embarrassed to admit to me. We don’t talk about beer pong,Drunk beyond recognition,Beerthick bellies, when truths burst forth. We don’t talk about the pictures of you,Before-before-and-afterWhen you used to think I was sweet. We don’t talk about the things we lost,The things …
Let’s Be Honest, Alright? (2013)
When you send out an Amber Alert,And hide all the additional informationbehind ad-laden redirects,You may be an awful person. You are literally making moneyfrom someone’s ongoing tragedy. And you aren’t even hiding it. I’m looking at you local news affiliates. (I already sent them a message, you think you might too? I have yet to …
Lessons in Love (2013)
It ain’t that “love” is a dirty word,Ain’t that it don’t mean nothin’,Ain’t that you should stop lookin’. I don’t regret none of what my love’s taught me. That first time,Des-per-ate, sloppy,She put up with my drool slidin’ down her lips.She was my first kiss,Passion sloshin’ over the edge,Never saw her naked,Knew I loved her …
kid (2013)
sit down, kid,have a cigar.built this country on tobacco, kid,ain’t nothin’ more American. Now tell me kid, what’s the problem? wait, pour yourself some Jack,have a sip.don’t that remind you of somethin’? takes me back to those days in that house on Kendell, you remember that, screened porch, that steep hill in the front yard, …
Kasia (2015)
strange as it was to go so long without your voice,I asked you to say your name for me before you went,and I’ve been rolling it around ever since. there are so many things I want to share with you,but what strikes me the most as I chant your nameso even my grinding memory will …
Kansas Highway Lullaby (2014)
Long-legged tired nights,lookin’ out at fallowed fields,rows ‘n rows goin’ by in starlight,wind-break trees flickin’ by ‘n by. ‘n by ‘n by ‘n by.‘n drift, drift off to sleep.
“K” (2013)
“K” is probably the most aggressive letter I know of,the summation bite of whiskey,the bitter start-up jab of acknowledgethe double-double edge of kissthe defensive ring “I know” “I know” “I know”it’s back against-the-wall, it’s explosive back-of-the-tongue, the chide-snide chants of …
