Seven Times 25: The Playground of Mid-Autumn
Elliott climbs the steps up to The structure, swings on The bar overlooking The slide, then slides down Runs through the wood chips to The numbers displayed by The plastic [...]
Seven Times 24: Charles River
I am the Charles River I am the Canadian goose feeding on the grassy knoll By the bike trail I am the Guatemalan landscaper blowing leaves From the blue-blooded estate [...]
Seven Times 23: Juniper Point
The clouds are a quilt in the sky The seagulls laugh at the mud flats The sun spies on your writing The tan and withering leaves try to get a [...]
Seven Times 22: Dane Street Beach
I'm writing on the wall Seconds from the waves The old man collecting seashells by the seashore It's me Seagulls rest on the rolling coast ocean Big blue house rests [...]
Seven Times 21: 16 Minutes
This is a poem of joy But it could have just as easily been one of mourning This week my daughter Tessa turned 1 And she is doing everything that [...]
Seven Times 20: A Ghost At The Old Salem Burial Ground
I am the ghost of Nathan Piproes I don't recall my life it was so long ago But tell me what's up with all of those Occult obsessed tourists from [...]
Seven Times 19: $9.99
This will change everything you thought you knew You need to try it It's incredible You can do this one thing everyday And it will change your life Forever! And [...]
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Seven Times 18: Think
I think poetry At least I think I think poetry Even if I am thinking of what to buy at the grocery store Or what to write in an email [...]
Seven Times 17: Bike
From the doorway of the basement To the dog walk park by the river Alongside the rails of the freight train Behind supermarkets And down bumpy roads in need of [...]
Seven Times 16: The Catalytic Pollinator in Three Stil De Grain Poems
for Emanuel Heilbronner 1 Cataleptic carousel Where once you dormant, Rolled hauntingly Out of your mind Every should and shouldn’t plays there Tears casually Casting out demons Along with cowardice [...]
Seven Times 15: To the Spider outside my office window
Good morning Mr. Spider Or perhaps Mrs. Spider Sorry to greet you with a gender-specific title But I can't just call you spider now can I? Perhaps if I knew [...]
Seven Times 14: Allspice —Alright
First fish upon a fire burning Boredom my teenage vow to keep Thus in the trees there asleep Furious fists desists beating, 1,2,3 This immaculate I can [...]
Seven Times 13: Beer Lahai Roi –A Spring in the Desert
God sees you Even if you can not see him He sees your struggles He knows your oppression The pain and mistreatment you've endured He sees you weeping You're pregnant [...]
Seven Times 12: Merrimack Woods
when i was a child my father took me for walks in the salisbury woods the paths led down to the mouth of the merrimack through tunnels made by boughs [...]
Seven Times 11: Good-Bye
for Nick, Jocelyn, Nate, Jesse, Matt, and Bill Time's envelope opens briefly to let us out Till we are returned, sealed, and delivered Like a flowering cherry tree All at [...]
Seven Times 10: to develop on this land, upon the bones of my childhood, would not be OK
We wrapped him in a black gift paper I went through a time portal To a childhood incarcerated I drove by the cradle of my identity I drove by a [...]
Seven Times 9: Revision History
revisions are the worst to work through my actions, my thoughts wrenching these words and setting the meter just so or moving a line to a new spot like moving, [...]
Seven Times 8: Excited for the Mundane Morning 3 (Commute)
April ain't that bad. The lilacs bloom briefly the first week of May, But sometimes the scent falls on deaf noses. Alone in a cafe, I drink cup after cup [...]
Seven Times 7: Excited for the Mundane Morning 2 (Breakfast)
The blank cupboard door splattered in old dinner sauces Bends open and reveals the random platters, travel mugs, and assorted cereal boxes. Cheerios = oats, flour, sugar, and a variety [...]
Seven Times 6: Excited for the Mundane Morning 1 (Awaken)
The sun hits my slimy lips at 5:40am and glistens. The first thought that comes to me is, “have I slept yet?” My tongue —stuck to my cheek and fuming [...]
Seven Times 5: American Solomon, Part 2 by Andrew Borne
She is as beautiful as San Francisco, my love, as beautiful as New York City She is as frightening as SEAL Team Six But my mourning dove, my orange blossom [...]
Seven Times 4: American Solomon, Part I
My love is like a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray among the Jeep Cherokees of Pharaoh Beauty ―her face with headpiece from Urban Outfitter, neck with majestic diamonds from Tiffany's [...]
Seven Times 3: Spirit Swimming
Being the sun human, it swallows the other stars and absorbs the moon Then walks into the wind and snow dancing to the sounds of children playing Sprouting the grass [...]
Seven Times 2: 21st Century American Disappearance Act
Heard the heart attacks through the grape vine Doing just fine, it's a sign of the time Doing kegs stands from a box of wine On the red line that's [...]