He sweats
Every time a plane flies too low.
I sweat
Every time a meeting runs too slow. Continue reading
Daily Archives: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Middletown, Ohio
It happened in Middletown.
It could happen in any steel mill town.
Strike.
Men and women
Strike,
And money flies out the window.
Honorable hands that did honorable work
Must find something else honorable
To do.
The town teeters on a paper’s edge
As a second wave sure thing -
ARMCO jobs, my man -
Is poised to be buried under a
Third wave tsunami
That could take out
A small town
Like Middletown.
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Poetry
Sometimes,
I bleed
On paper
Instead
Of inside.
Will I
Hemorrhage
Whole books
Before
I die?
Written 4/28/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Saludos
I learned a new word
Today -
Saludos; Continue reading
Speed
Time,
Moving too fast -
I can barely catch my breath. Continue reading
Haiku #5, 4/27/08
Family picture -
Smiles do not betray trouble
Lurking underneath.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Attitude
Attitude is like armor -
You might put it on with your clothes
As you go to face your foes.
But who are your real enemies? Continue reading
Haiku # 3, 4/27/08
Stillness in kitchen,
Punctuated by laughter
As we make our meal.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Hate
Do not be mastered by
Hate,
For your fate
Depends on
How you relate
To hate. Continue reading
