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December 3, 2014January 26, 2016 jonaslamb glimpses, Poetry, Writing

a poem that nobody can understand

“I’d like to be on record as saying that anybody can write a poem that nobody can understand.” --Ted Kooser Thanks Ted, time to distill some of my recent works which are perhaps examples of the types of poems anybody can write (and nobody can understand). Time to focus on what it is about Billy … Continue reading a poem that nobody can understand

September 12, 2014May 8, 2018 jonaslamb glimpses, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing

Buddy Tabor teaches me to fillet a halibut

in an interview i ask him what he thinks about when he paints houses? nothing, he says i just go blank you never write songs or poems to occupy your mind while working those hands? nope, he tells me when you get as old as me it’s a relief, the silent mind i’m deep into … Continue reading Buddy Tabor teaches me to fillet a halibut

August 17, 2014 jonaslamb community, energy, experiments, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing

Found

Found this found poem at twitter where i rarely roam as the shack_poet. Thanks Emily Wall for the prompt. knife found in muskeg, peat, rust browned blade fashions paper lantern into wings my departure under their power requires no jumper cables

December 3, 2013 jonaslamb glimpses, Poetry, Writing

Time to learn

the boys dropped off at school the dog walked and fed the fire nursed now roaring and me here beside it dads need time to learn stories told by silent houses poetry books and content dog looks

May 17, 2013July 17, 2015 jonaslamb experiments, Poetry, Writing

Dear Poet Project

This piece evolved from the Dear Poet Project, a program of the Academy of American Poets. Participants were encouraged to write a response letter the author. Poet Jennifer Vernon suggested crafting the letters in the form of a poem. This is my response to Toi Derricotte's poem, Cherry Blossoms. The italicized line a branched heaven is … Continue reading Dear Poet Project

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