No Swarovski. Our neighborhood flock of geese
creaks ? home to their? pond at dawn.? Their Tibetan
clamor ? leaves ? me? iceberg? still,? a? poem? catching
in my? throat,? something? like the one that blew? off
the? top? of? Emily’s? head.? Shiver? of? a? Yes opening
and? closing? on? clouds,? the? bird’s? straight? neck? a
plunging exclamation mark.? Argue? about? trope? or
measure? as? you will,? about? breath? or? turn? of? the
line.? You? can’t? command? the? fit? or? will? the heart
to? latch? onto? that? slow? flap.? Through ? a ? window
you? follow? a? dark? ballet,? then? spend? all? morning
translating wings onto a page.Poem to Save Swarovski. Sung by a gnat
who lands on? the? under-carriage moments
after the metal thunder. Rant of chlorophyll
leaving the reddened leaf. Syllabic hum in a
plate?? washed, ?? brief ? descant?? of ? running
water.? Squeak of? wet? hands.? In? a? poppy’s
flanged? bowl? a ? net? of? light, ? ringing color
that ? splashes?? the? hue? of? poppy? in? wave-
strings? on? a retina,? a new ding on the eye’s
inner? dish.? It rhymes with a blue and white
bowl of? limes? on? the sill.? This morning she
scours?? and? ? swishes,? ? song-salving?? what
rhymes with wishes.Poem to Write on Your Birthday. Here’s the
day? named? for? you.? Scary to? have had? so many
yet catapult awake to? light’s? eyelid? tattoo.? Wary,
Swarovski? roll? into? the? sun’s? arms.? Exult in a? trick of
birth.? Demur? to? angels? of? air? and? temperature.
Hear?????? the ? ? ??? warbled ? ???? annunciations:??????? a
woodpecker’s? churr? thrilling? on? the? tree’s ? core.
You?? clear? a? way? fortune’s? fallen? arrows.?? Clues
lurk? in? the? wind-shift,? array? of? a? passing hour’s
gifts.?? Loft ? with ? the ? blue ? fire ? of ? a ? jay’s? cape
slung?? onto? ? grass.? ? Despite?? the?? spider-bite ? of
missing?? a?? friend, ? nothing ? can ? mar?? a?? day ? so
earthened.