Ink Node: George Spencer

Epithalamion loosely after R Lowell’s Epilogue

2010-02-20T18:57:16-08:00

This dirt-rooted maze knot and time
to the farmer’s daughter who grows thyme
condiments, tubs o’ calf’s brains and lime
noise from the barn cows on the roof make
red-sided and chewing tobacco Burma Shave
groggy slap happy eye blight
pencil stubs, ceremony old...

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Forensic Prose Poem in the Form of a Sonnet

2010-01-23T20:29:21-08:00

The autopsy and I know why so bundle up the pieces,
shove ‘em in the chest cavity and sew the corpse up.
Your boat’s in the bird bath. Your little dog’s on a large beach.
Rent tears for the vale of sorrow.
The...

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sonnet

2009-11-29T17:48:04-08:00

cute things readers adore:
myths exegeses synecdoche
like the condition of our nails is a window into the soul.
yep that’s why celebrities have perfect crescent cuticles.
now the sky is dirty whipped cream.
rain threatening the streets are calm.
someone’s teaching a...

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