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Impromptu Critic

Feeling confident,
I assert that art

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 29 6:44 PM 2005. In Other, Contemporary
We're Really All Naked Under Our Clothes

If the shoulders are exposed,
The rest seems to come without thought.

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 29 6:41 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Collecting Stones

My sister
takes her time, pausing

by SomnusLupus 3 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 29 6:34 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
In an Elevator

A woman enters.
By the time

by SomnusLupus 3 lines, on Oct 29 6:32 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Days

They found him dead
four years and a day

by SomnusLupus 8 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 29 6:28 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
New England, New England

I've always wanted to live
in the South, wanted to

by SomnusLupus 7 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 29 6:27 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Flesh

The wood of the bench
was like the rough-hewn

by SomnusLupus 4 lines, on Oct 29 6:25 PM 2005. In Other, Contemporary

Nine More Tanka

by SomnusLupus 33 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 29 5:22 PM 2005. In Haiku
To the Girl Sitting Opposite Me

Several days ago,
we made eye contact --

by SomnusLupus 4 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 25 10:03 PM 2005. In Other, Contemporary
Six Tanka

by SomnusLupus 23 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 18 7:54 AM 2005. In Haiku
Patriot

The U.S.-passport line at customs
reminds me of the ten-items-or-less line

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 9 12:22 AM 2005. In Society, Other, Contemporary
Suddenly, It's August

Someone close by
must be bleeding,

by SomnusLupus 3 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 9 12:19 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Leicester Square

I've my hand
on my hipbone,

by SomnusLupus 12 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 9 12:17 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Nine Tanka

by SomnusLupus 35 lines, on Oct 2 5:39 PM 2005. In Haiku, Contemporary

Anticipation

I am excited to go to London.
I will sit in a coffee shop,

by SomnusLupus 7 lines, on Oct 2 4:47 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Mid-August, Failed Attempt to Forget You

I paddled onto the lake,
some twenty minutes before

by SomnusLupus 14 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 2 4:21 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Both Sides Now

It's funny;
since we said goodbye,

by SomnusLupus 3 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 27 12:39 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Fireworks on Eighth Avenue

I wish I’d kept a journal
of the days that we were together –

by SomnusLupus 12 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 25 4:14 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Bitter End and All

I haven’t finished a cup of coffee
since I left you, Katherine.

by SomnusLupus 13 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 23 12:43 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Sans Sucre

Find a boy now. Have him stay
until sunlight -- it's much nicer than dawn.

by SomnusLupus 16 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 23 9:29 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Dichotomy

You've written another poem
about fulfillment, purity,

by SomnusLupus 6 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 20 2:29 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary

One Last Before I Leave

I'd simply like to say goodbye --
to the paper lanterns in the corner,

by SomnusLupus 7 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 8 3:37 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Possibly Significant

Earlier, I cut the nail
that I had broken on your staircase,

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, on Sep 8 1:49 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
At This Very Moment

All the world
is naked and is in its skin:

by SomnusLupus 14 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 25 1:19 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Awake and Waiting for the Sunrise

Orion is on his side.
His stars have fallen

by SomnusLupus 9 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 25 12:38 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
American Sentence #1

Floodlit, the church steeple
looks like a scar against

by SomnusLupus 3 lines, on Aug 25 12:36 AM 2005. In Other, Contemporary
First Time I've Breathed in Days

I woke to the feeling
of a truth impending.

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, on Aug 25 12:34 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
new york city in the rain

new york city in the rain
is a land of exultations

by SomnusLupus 10 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 16 10:52 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Forgetfulness

For a while,
I'd forgotten about

by SomnusLupus 7 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 15 11:20 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Cappuccino

Cappuccino with cinnamon
always used to remind you

by SomnusLupus 5 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 11:15 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Dying Machine

I am a body of bodies.
Each eyelash

by SomnusLupus 7 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 14 2:12 AM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Overdue

In the back of that
library book long overdue

by SomnusLupus 17 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 10:20 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
Memories

When I was
fourteen,

by SomnusLupus 11 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 12 10:06 PM 2005. In Personal, Other, Contemporary
New York City Poem

Everyone
at thirty-ninth and fifth

by SomnusLupus 6 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 9 11:30 AM 2005. In Other, Contemporary
Green on Green

by SomnusLupus 4 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 6 4:35 AM 2005. In Other, Love, Contemporary

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