The Scorecard

It's my father's fault.

answers to math questions in an instant

Cost accountant, meticulous rows of figures

kept score for the family card games

columns of names and numbers

tallied for the winners and players

diabetic diary, daily food intake

peanut butter toast, mashed potatoes

dog eared book, calories for each

so I'm at the festival

scribbling who spoke in order

what poem was read

can go back to 2004, 2002 even

words, images, scenes called forth

and the festivals come alive

Bly on the mound, Barks at bat,

Paul Winter on deck, early morning Rumi

the pitch, and it's a home run!

For Gerald Sherlock


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Waterloo sherku (Edmund)

sandaled wanderer

coupling poetry with voice

giving creates a tension

for Edmund

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Waterloo sherku (LJ Cohen)

Waterloo watershed

internet trail connected

once in a Blue Muse

for LJCohen

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Waterloo sherku (Lori Cotler and Glen Velez)

giving rhythm voice

bright mums awakening

kindred spirits ta da le in

For Lori Cotler and Glen Velez


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Waterloo sherku

haiku lowku

what was said to the rose

along Waterloo Road

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Waterloo sherku

Candace dances

Musconetcong flows

didn't eat for days

for Candace


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