Rilke says you have to live in order to write poetry
even if you're not
a bartender
a knife fighter
a ballet dancer
a truck traveler
you could write
since all of us in our
beds or
computers
think of something
someone already thought of
academics say
we're connected
write
you'll be speaking in behalf of
the entire world
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021 at 2:52 PM UTC
i'm still
wondering
if writing in english could be
the right move
when writing
a poem
second languages
and many words I don't know
figuring out how
not to repeat any word
suddenly i'm not
styling all the capital letters
mssipleing evyre wrod
i guess poetry gives you
her permission
to write from soul
not grammar
i think of
spanish
words
i think of rythm
i write in english
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021 at 2:40 PM UTC
i love my dad
you do not see it
but that's the way
it is
three hour van silences
are no longer
awkward
i am the scion of 4
that's never going to greet him
i know a child
scratches his belly from the inside
i'm in the house of mirrors
while everyone is eating
i see through the
teasing, the
shouting
mom shakes her head "no one
can ever talk to you"
i see
through
the
pain
my silence as a message:
67 years no longer let you
rush to climb the stairs
to embrace the plush worm
of colors: i do it for you
i do not greet you
but i dress a shirt
with the caption "DADS"
and a picture of us two.
Jul 12, 2018
Jul 12, 2018 at 8:08 PM UTC