Wednesday, May 29, 2013

sherku: accessible


What is it
About drink
That leads him
To think
She would be so
Accessible



Monday, May 27, 2013

sherku: tree frog chorus


Leaving behind
Irritating
Commercials
Fall asleep with
Tree frog chorus



Composed during August 2012 and recently rediscovered sitting in draft

Sunday, May 26, 2013

sherku: Peake's Wharf 2


Standing in line
For ice cream
The pots and pans
Outlet is empty
On Peake’s Wharf



Composed during our vacation on PEI in August 2012
recently rediscovered still in draft form


Saturday, May 25, 2013

sherku: Peake's Wharf


Woe oh oh
Up she rises
Fiddle, guitar
Irish drum keeps
Beat on Peake's Wharf




Composed during vacation trip to PEI in August 2012
recently rediscovered in draft


Friday, May 24, 2013

sherku: PEI


We left the fog
Behind in Saint John
To watch the
Sea birds diving
At West Point



Composed during the vacation trip to Prince Edward Island in August 2012
recently rediscovered sitting in draft



Thursday, May 23, 2013

sherku: pausing


You step over
a sidewalk crack
without thinking
do you speak
without pausing


Composed during the recent Dodge Poetry Festival, October 2012
recently found neglected in draft form



Wednesday, May 22, 2013

sherku: questions


questions
are not inane
simple, stupid
they come from learners
the questions are


Composed during the last Dodge Poetry Festival, October 2012
recently found neglected in draft form


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

sherku: fingers


He may have
A stud body
I have my
Fingers with
A gentle
And kind touch




Catching up on some created earlier and found in various states of draft



Monday, May 20, 2013

sherku: divide

Elephant
to Man
the other
Is just present
Until we bridge
The divide



Composed after listening to Krista Tippett's On Being podcast
http://www.onbeing.org/program/whale-songs-and-elephant-loves/241

Sunday, May 19, 2013

sherku: sunrise

Called to the
Kitchen, not to
Reach or open
But see the
Splendid sunrise



catching up to some of what I had written previously and found in various forms of draft