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Poems by micol, by newest first

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  • Poem
    Where is it gone?
    It stood here a breath ago,
    by micol 20 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 2 9:41 PM
  • Mason Jars
    Leafless September canes soaked in Mason
    jars rinsed squeaky clean with the garden hose;
    by micol 20 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 7 5:13 PM. In Sonnet, Nature, Seasons, Hope
  • I Wander the Cosmos, Inventing It
    I WANDER THE COSMOS, INVENTING IT
    by micol 43 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 6 10:16 PM
  • Aripiprazole*
    Words grow hauntingly,
    Roll half-tauntingly from the mind
    by micol 25 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 6 11:26 AM
  • Haiku: Butterfly
    clean red
    butterfly—
    by micol 3 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 3 3:15 PM
  • Classical Music
    haunts me even now—ghostly chords that reach beyond three decades (almost four)
    by micol 16 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 26 4:26 PM. In Music, Dance
  • Why Was the Path to the Outhouse So Long?
    Twilight at Grandpa's--the sun had gone down, We children all eased in pajamas for bed;
    by micol 19 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 24 7:03 PM
  • After the Storm
    After the storm thrummed hot streets So hard it raised frail, two-foot mists,
    by micol 8 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 23 8:22 PM
  • The Invitation
    In August, when banked roadside roses bloom,
    Pale yellow moons in glossy emerald leaves;
    by micol 18 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 23 8:04 PM. In Spanish sonnet
  • Batiste and Widor
    Batiste and Widor on the console-- Gentle melodies haunt
    by micol 17 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 5 6:42 PM. In Art, Music
  • Reflections [II]
    Stretched into diagonals Superimposing darkness
    by micol 15 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 5 6:29 PM
  • 107°
    With summer comes the triple-digit heat,
    Its stultifying swell of mercury
    by micol 22 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 1 10:30 PM
  • The Road: a Querencia
    The road, still roughly graveled, drops the length
    Of a strong man’s throw, angles down between
    by micol 35 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 1 6:09 PM
  • A Slightly Unconfident Panther
    A slightly unconfident panther
    Had pretensions to being a danther;
    by micol 6 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 12 12:22 AM. In Limerick, Humor, Animals
  • On Being Treated for Depression
    It was only a small cocoon—or more accurately, a chrysalis—gleaned
    by micol 36 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 9 2:39 PM. In Metaphor, Depression, Nature
  • On An Abandoned Sweathouse, South on U.S. 89
    Sandstone arcs,
    Round on round – head-high –
    by micol 17 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 3 11:36 PM
  • On Lady Liberty, Camp Dodge, Iowa, 1918
    I have this postcard. On the back
    Scrawled in an eighth-grade hand,
    by micol 28 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 27 4:28 PM
  • Hummingbird [III]
    whisk of grey, not even breath enough
    for slash of red or shimmer-green —
    by micol 15 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 27 4:03 PM. In Nature, Birds, Hummingbird, Spring
  • Some Thoughts Upon Buying a Pair of Organ Shoes
    I thought they would be magic shoes To let me play what notes I’d chose,
    by micol 18 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 27 3:49 PM
  • Wolf, Moon, and Woman
    Wolf, Moon, and Woman, three, stationary in the wind,
    by micol 13 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 26 12:55 PM
  • A Prism Betwixt the Child and Them*
    Aet. 20 A fulcrum year, a balance,
    by micol 23 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 26 12:47 PM. In Free verse
  • Unclad,
    late one afternoon, after slamming though the front-room door, textbooks jamming
    by micol 25 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 24 10:56 PM. In Music
  • Thoughts on First Corresponding With Amera
    Sometimes a mind will touch a mind with words confined
    by micol 15 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 24 10:22 PM. In Poetry
  • Summer Dreams
    Dragonflies remove me fifty years and
    by micol 29 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 24 1:27 PM. In Summer, Nature, Dragonflies, Childhood
  • A Poet Weaves Worlds
    A poet weaves
    what other eyes can’t see,
    by micol 23 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 20 1:40 PM. In Poetry, Free verse, Metaphor
  • Essay Examinations
    Bic ballpoints sweep and swerve Concertedly, scratching fine lines
    by micol 8 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 19 1:01 AM. In Rhyme
  • Haiku: Where Freeway Lanes Arc
    where freeway lanes arc, gray-on-grey concrete coils,
    by micol 3 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 18 10:53 PM. In Haiku, nature, urban
  • The Wriggling Ocean Sun
    The Wriggling Ocean Sun
    Far now from the sea, from sand verbenas
    by micol 17 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 16 8:46 AM. In Nature, Sonnet
  • Spring Came Today
    Spring came today. Yesterday, harsh winds blew
    From snow-peaks, limb-buds rested cold and hard
    by micol 15 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 14 2:22 AM. In Spring, sonnet
  • Sabrina
    In pure chalcedony, opal-edged and swirled
    as winter leaves on nearly frozen streams;
    by micol 14 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 18 6:12 PM
  • WalMart at 3am
    Walt would have seen more, as would Allen, but my eyes grow grainy from the day and
    by micol 21 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 13 9:13 PM. In Ginsberg pastiche
  • Harbingers
    Twin tulip leaves twist
    by micol 13 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 13 8:46 PM
  • Blackbird Fall
    Beneath dark storm clouds thundering over mountain lips, harvest-grains shrivel uncut;
    by micol 17 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 12 5:22 PM. In Petrarchan Sonnet
  • Upon Julia Unclothed
    Though liquefaction may suffice,
    In silks, to beckon and entice
    by micol 10 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 12 4:55 PM
  • Walnut Harvest--1958-1962
    Come fall, we’d gather with the rest, mostly relatives, a few kids from
    by micol 25 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 4 2:58 PM. In Fall
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