All the good advice
sleep when they sleep depends on
if they fall asleep
Category: Poems
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MayPoWriMo 4
That song was in my head
all day or almost
the span of time
most arguments are about
deeply rooted in history
hadn’t even happened yet
people back then thought
songs could change minds
or at least not lie
to pack the court
with predetermined opinions
that set back the clock
settled law just something
to set aside as the music fades
still no one knows
how the shooting started
smoke obscures its own rising
how many more
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MayPoWriMo 2
Seeing a picture of barricades
surrounding the building
where decisions have been leaked
that would overturn the settled law
of five decades I can only hope
we might raise a child ready
to run to those barricades
to speak their mind I also wish
we didn’t need to
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MayPoWriMo 1
Spent part of the post
nap part of the day
putting up a light fixture
and mirror because the one
that was left in this house
fell down again last week
because the wall could not
support all the weight it took
to hold up that hardware
and reflection so I hung
slightly lighter ones instead
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AprilPoWriMo 30
Never very good
at endings I have written
a poem a day
for twenty five months
now I am not sure if I
deserve a break when
a human arrives
imminently it could be
any moment now
just as I describe
writing as something to do
so too is changing
diapers or putting
car seats in strollers to walk
a path part way through
a life I never
expected to include this
heavy interlude
I would trade poems
for a new life—wouldn’t you?
Joshua Keiter 