Oh didn’t we dance a puzzle Round the tree when we Danced the way we did In early April when all is Vernal and we needed twigs to Invoke the gods that hovered Near a healthy sprig About a foot or so longer Than needed to produce an Invocation that requires wood Or a cross [...]
Tagged poetry, Scott ZieherNothing is quite as appalling as the choosy eater. A grey and white and yellow plate— well done mush, in essence, drives me to spasms. My patience blanches watching a young woman carefully pick every green pea from her tiny platter of airplane provisions. Once at a museum reception I watched a man take a [...]
Tagged Scott ZieherOxygen and bronze— A father’s lilac hideout (Cloud hammer hideaway) (Spade on the table) Not far away enough For oblivion, too close For obscurity— basement Full of paper— upstairs Full of babies— two elemental Beauties by blood and egress By cardinal and garden— Harbored and freed With the finches That nibble Your backyard Bare. 15 [...]
Tagged poetry, Scott ZieherGRISAILLE AND SANGUINE White horses of advertisements, or so— How quickly our habits pass backward— A lucky strike, an arrow central Or a ball spinning proper to the pin— This paper punches, the black on white With splash of red for memory— Every recollection of death And every contention with [...]
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Tagged Scott ZieherA HISTORY POEM Inside this? A ballade for the popinjay— Inside this a ballade of her blue china— His blue of an enphebe prince-ling, bulls and mountains And her white of froth and fountains in a park Where peach blossoms grow As a bookseller baits his breath for April— And the princess wouldn’t shed a [...]
Tagged Scott ZieherChagrin Pentagon Promises Law Demons Ashes Dressing Crossing Rope Deeds Positive Hopeful Brick. Filling Tight Spot Classy Epiphany Fear Gratitude Grief Guilt Happiness Hate Horror Jealousy Pity Pride Regret Rejection Remorse Righteous Serenity Shame Shyness Suffering Virtues Love Views Article Tools Sign Cite Polyester Natural Blend Fleece Lithe Quilted Muslin Stuff Soft Silky Soft Silky [...]
Tagged Scott ZieherThe laundromat leaves make a wicked tornado The magazines yawp out their Holy Toledo! I reach around in the fish’s mouth Through ideopathic nostrils and yank The hot rock from its nest.
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