For Ezra Pound
an American
unties tangled threads
innocent
of Chinese ideograms
and weaves them anew
Respect English
is whispered into my left ear
Make it new
into my right --
the page remains blank
January 2010 issue of Magnapoets
A Room of My Own: Normal Life, A Soap Bubble
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my friend turns
forty the age his father died
he mutters
*the Grim Reaper haunts me*
*like my walking shadow*
breaking news
at the first light of spring daw...