summer T-ball —
between batters outfielders
chase butterflies
Month: July 2010
sunday
line of parking meters
all EXPIRED
Issue 10.1 Now Available in Print
Issue 10.1 is now complete, and I’m pleased to be able to offer it as a printed book.
This is something I’ve wanted to do with tinywords for a long time. There
Introduction to Issue 10.2
The summer 2010 issue of tinywords begins today.
Both the quantity and quality of work submitted for this issue were astonishing. Over a 15-day period, we received
sunrise—
all at once
birds leap from the water
free from school
the chalk dances
across the sidewalk
summer at last
I blow away a grey hair
from my keyboard
thick stump
an ant crosses the growth rings
into my childhood
new moon
last year’s kite
slumped in the corner
museum hall
children study
their echoes
fading tattoos
he hauls her wheelchair
from the beach
tanka
the voice
of a wrong number
for a moment
wishing I was the daughter
she’s trying to reach
old pond—
a crab sneaking into
the sunken sneaker
leaf shadows
spatter my skin
this heat
gnarled banksias
entwined like old lovers
along the track…
how many years now
have we been together?
wood’s edge—
stepping inside
the sound of river
mockingbird an octave shy of the moon
war ruins…
suddenly the cicadas
stop
Cigarette smoke
curls against
the white moon.
father-daughter talk
my fishing lure
caught in the moon
something less
than the speed of light
camellia blossoms
the junkyard crane
grabs another car—
wind-tossed poppies
laundry in the garden
the colorful dresses
full of butterflies