sherku: oatmeal

If I want
My oatmeal
To cook it
Would be good
To turn on
The burner

sherku: leaf dancing

Wind sock pegged
Straight out
Barely budding
Trees swaying
Stray leaf dances
Down the path

composed while walking around RBS Citizens Bank in East Providence, RI

sherku: forgetting

One day her
Lunch, next day
Her phone, here’s
Hoping she does
Not forget
How to teach

for DPS

sherku: acting their age

jacket or not
their motions
translating
Duke to now
each breath
making music





composed while attending a jazz performance by the Franklin High School jazz band

sherku: acting their age - jacket or not/ their motions/ translating/ Duke to now/ each breath/ making music// #140poets @FranklinMatters
— Steve Sherlock (@shersteve) April 10, 2014

sherku: FHS jazz

lecture hall
setting for
jive combo
telling their
own high school
experience



composed while attending a performance of the Franklin High School jazz combo

sherku: FHS jazz - lecture hall/ setting for/ jive combo/ telling their/ own high school/ experience// #140poets #sherku @franklinmatters
— Steve Sherlock (@shersteve) April 9, 2014