Poems-II
Poems in the roadway found in tire tracks
Poems on soiled napkins rescued from trash
Poems inside matchbooks like something to buy
Poems on toilet paper unrolling without end
Poems in cereal boxes like prizes to be tried
Poems shaped in seaweed delivered by the tide
Poems on pink confetti dropping from the sky
Poems swallowed with my soup the letters warm inside
Poems etched in snow banks carved by careful birds
Poems slipping down my driveway out of melting ice
Poems in dictionaries that have rearranged their words
Poems under my pillow whispering in my ear
Poems in my fireplace born of ash and spark
Heat poems quivering as the noon ignites
Dream poems vanishing the moment I arise
Dust poems sun borne dancing down the light
Cloud poems leaf poems flying geese poems
Turd poems wind poems surf poems blood poems
Sand poems drift poems poems of blowing dirt
Death poems ringing coffins wrought by wriggling worms
Love poems found at morning drying on the sheet
Poems poems poems poems poems
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Copyright 1996, 2007 by Maurice Leiter
Posted with permission.
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