A Small Turtle

I am as handsome and darling
As a small turtle.
You won’t believe this.
I don’t expect you to.

Spread out across a long spectrum;
It is a spectrum inclusive of socks,
Hair jellies, catfish fantasies, and long
Nauseas of relentless questions:

All the undulating leaves of these oak trees
Caught in the twilight sun and all the hope
Of this west is pale, stricken and green;
The sharp contrast of each grass blade
Balancing a moment of inchworm silk
Like the thin network of human souls
Crossing and crisscrossing appointed razors.

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Published:: May 11, 2010 / 2:43 am

Category:: Poems

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I. Ploscariu 5.11.10 / 7pm

Great Luke.
I enjoy your poems. I’m glad I found them since you only had two in the Thorn. I was hoping Brief Letter would make it in (but your delivery of it was part of its charm). I wish you success in the future.
glitteringsootonhereyelashes 5.12.10 / 4am

the last stanza is amazing. i loved it. and it’s like it makes sense in making no sense at all. and one could interpret it in so many ways.

“The sharp contrast of each grass blade
Balancing a moment of inchworm silk
Like the thin network of human souls
Crossing and crisscrossing appointed razors.”

that’s amazing. something intriquing and intricate resides is those four lines, as they were a poem in themselves.

really enjoyed it (:
pearlnelson 5.13.10 / 2pm

I love this.

And this is the best line I’ve seen in awhile: long
Nauseas of relentless questions:

Wonderful poem.

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