Devon Brock: Favorites

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Chris Saitta

In the park, soft-study of sands and swings,
Where the birds while away the unabridged air
Like rains on green, copper roofs ~ their wings.
So I have touched my rainy fingers on the fountain’s surface,
And tum-tumed at the dumpy belly of a dog,
So I have felt the vendor’s balloons like cantaloupes for freshness,
So I have a pocket-change of smiles for all.
At the fountain’s edge,
Like green-molded quaystones feather-singed
By the touchstrokes of the arcing wings of the sea,
Or like a saucer of warm milk
For the alley-cats to drink the milkiness of sun
And then with their paws,
Plink at overturning the day into porcelain shadows.

#park #fountain #childhood #dogs

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Heart as dark as tonight in El Paso

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

r

Heart as dark as tonight in El Paso

You can’t unring this bell
       of sorrow with your heart
as dark as tonight in El Paso
        Texas by texting more lies
between rounds of golf
         with twenty lives lost
just because you’re El Presidente.

#elpaso #dayton #whitesupremacistinchief

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Iemand soos jy

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Rowan Deysel

Iemand soos jy

Op hierdie aarde, groen en blou
Met torings wat die lug uit grou
In elke huis waar mens dalk bly
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In wye winkels en krom kerke
In nommers en vergete merke
Waar ryk sweef en arm lei
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In stede, woude, see en woestyn
In alles, geen, grof en fyn
In luuks, skaars, bont en plein
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In winter, lente, somer, herfs
Met albei vuur en skadu bederf
Waar ook al maan en son mag skyn
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
Waar sterre sing en sonne lag
Omring met komberse van die nag
Waar ou gode en planete gly
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In ou legendes en sprokies verhale
In dooie sang en in lewende tale
In woorde wat die hart oop sny
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In gister se groot verlate vlug
In môre se onmeetbare sug
In die nou wat ons so graag vermy
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy
In slaap te dig en drome swart
In die wandel en wonder van die hart
In seer, troos, kwaad en bly
Sal ek nooit weer iemand kry soos jy

#afrikaans #love

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Aloft

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Dennis Willis

Aloft

These little scraps
connected back to
some **** god

argue with their
progenitor about why
this is stuck

this movement inside
your mind
needs to ease on

these bricks of notion
building these
black fears

discard this and that
on their way
to being aloft

evaporate

and singing with time
to talk and laugh
while being

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

Yesterday I Saw a Mole

Aug 2019 Devon Brock

sandra wyllie

Yesterday I Saw a Mole

scurrying under the leaves
playing peek-a-boo with me
and the leaves all crunchy and amber
provided ample covering for a
little scamper that didn’t want to be
recognized, was shy and bit nervous
he’d be found out by a mouse
I didn’t want to disturb his absentee flashes
but I did want to have a look at him
he intrigued me in his flurry
he, being a lot like me –
nowhere to go but in a hurry