Puppy Heart

My heart wants me to tell you
When it hears your name
It jumps around like a little puppy
Runs circles with its tongue out the side
Scratches at the front door
Hind legs trembling
And pees on the
New hall carpet.

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Creator Argument

If the traits of my children are not of me
Then the sins of the Earth are not of the Father

Why this creation loophole ascribing
Eternal goodness to creator God
While fabricated goathorns owns
Sin and things ephemeral?

If there is a creator and this,
Its creation then this
Is its creation
With no apology.

I was amazed to discover in this poem, written in the mid-1600s, what could be read as a prophetic vision of modern agriculture science. Marvell crafts images of man seducing the natural world, leading it a toxified garden space, and altering it in awful ways, until "No plant now knew the stock from which it came". Meanwhile, generous Nature, in ( Read more... )

Dear Mother

Respect! Despite our differences
I hope you also see
Two paths, one destination,
Our methods both may reach.

You will always be there first
Impressive time to spare and
I will wander in sometime
Wild-eyed with windblown hair.

Figurative Film Review #1 - A Hard Name

No narrative grandstanding
Just glimpse through the heart lens
Humans trapped in contortion
Writhing in constant birth
Pain-blind and reaching
Seeking the right way
Out.

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