The Poetry Spigot Podcast

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Dogs in Prospect Park

walking down the long meadow

100 dogs romping in their own heaven 

mike appears

drawn by the light of their joy 

making the angel of himself 

visible to me from the ground

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Scrawl

the poet’s at peace 

with her scrawl 

long as lightning 

gets bent to letters

long as letters 

become feast

who cares what raw 

roast looks like

all places 

can’t be kept perfect

in spite of finding 

she’s trying to be

sad that she feels

so little laxity

except for this

that can stay as it is

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Stay Down, Be Obedient To Me

the rain is falling 

saying 

stay down

be obedient to me

i’m listening from

the church of bed 

phone away 

so i don’t fondle her for nothing 

here i write 

as long as i can stand to pray

here i pray

to regain myself with rest 

later on a cast iron altar 

chicken will surrender drippings to potatoes 

like me in bed

in the rain

sustained by the strength

in the sacrament

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Morning Routine

this morning a friend said 

i should write a poem about coffee

what poet hasn't 

professed their love 

of their morning ritual

that lasting friendship

with a warm vessel 

that holds all the comfort and promise

the day itself can’t

these days i'm adding

a heavy pour of heavy cream

because a man 

i thought was loving me 

was just loving 

i was standing there

which is 

not the same 

which makes 

the mornings harder 

so i sweeten the deal 

i make with myself

to go out in the cold

and wander back for my reward

that one pleasure 

that helps me 

begin again

every morning

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