Poem a Day 2025

standing in the sun

of incandescent low watt bulbs 

a man with foggy eyes said 

simply copy the writing you love

transcribe it word for word into 

word classes

adverb verb determiner 

noun conjunction

verb verb

noun proposition 

noun proposition

swap them for new words

and you have a poem

so simple to create systems

for creating desired emotional responses

believing in them is the big trick

shiny buttons on carhartt

pulling over the soft mound

of a big belly

created by pain au choix

and other delights

burned inside the bubble of a sweet 

common law marriage

where each pursues their puzzle

mysterious to the outsider

standing under the same sun 

listening to someone describe

how beauty grows

so simple to create systems

for creating desired emotional responses

believing in them is the big trick

an interloper interjects with insights

from his own art form

scratching his tiny beard

it's like music

under these vibrating lights

brothers in arms

devising systems 

to shape the world

us under the same sun

holding little soggy plates

shifting weight from left to right

orbiting them both

a moon

i’m weighing the options

of another punch

into darkness

together