July 2011
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“Some of my best friends, y’know? They come over and they say stuff. Do...”
astardanced:
“You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.” ~ Arlo Guthrie
Hot Boys
Below the summer sun
rough farm boys on tractors
in hayfields far from the barn
take breaks, swig warm water
from yellowed gallon jugs
and stomp on field mice for fun
They sweat boils at the beltline
beneath hot jeans
those hot boys.
—— Tito Titus
Kerry Cox Poetry: the danger in the flavor that... →
kerrycoxpoetry:
the danger in the flavor that your mouth knew before mine, the intoxicating nature of the fruit fresh from the vine the wilting of our garden, as we move on down the block, the music of our muscles as we sometimes forget to talk the senses screaming sensual arguments with skin, the sky falling…
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The Color of Sauce
Red lace maple leaves outside the window
occasionally wave as if flexing or stretching,
their deep redness matches the sauce
the woman makes on the kitchen stove
with Pasillo and Poblano peppers, onions
garlic, tomatoes, salt and electric heat
mixed together with care, talent, skill
and the love of sharing good food with friends
so the red lace leaf maple waves again
as if to say, hey,...
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Generations
On these hot rocky trails in summer
I wore deerskin sandals and walked naked
along these ridges and through these gulches.
My hair grew long, past my shoulders
my beard, thick as a bear’s pelt
in the days before I became old and bald.
My body grew lean from climbing these slopes
and from the hunger that haunted me
when these wild lands did not bless my hunt.
You do not know, you have no...
