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XYLOMANCY, Scott Zieher
March 12, 2009 – 9:38 am | No Comment
XYLOMANCY, Scott Zieher

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 of sticks so brittle
Not sought by dancing
Under the tree that [...]

THE WORLD IS SHIT — I’M A PIG
February 19, 2009 – 8:21 am | No Comment

Nothing 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 [...]

Have a Ball
February 16, 2009 – 6:17 am | No Comment
Have a Ball
ROUND FERNWOOD WAY
July 14, 2008 – 7:21 am | No Comment

Oxygen 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 May 2008

POEM FOR JACK SPICER
March 12, 2008 – 3:32 pm | No Comment

GRISAILLE 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 the present—
 
When we’re certain you’re still alive.

Salute Clink
February 10, 2008 – 11:21 am | No Comment
Salute Clink

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© Scott Zieher

Fruitcake Love Cookies
February 10, 2008 – 10:19 am | No Comment
Fruitcake Love Cookies

Scott Zieher

LOVE HITS LIKE THE POLIO OF BETTER DAYS
January 26, 2008 – 12:25 pm | One Comment

A 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 [...]

FOUND MAIL
January 26, 2008 – 12:10 pm | No Comment

Chagrin 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 [...]