Reading about the renewed earth that will
be our home after a temporary
soul sleep in heaven which might be nothing
I remember experiencing void
a symptom of mind in the wilderness
as well as jubilee parade we join
when the earth goes spinning into the sun
some say it’s irresponsible to bring
further broken beings into the world
such as it is which must surely be doomed
but if eternity is all the time
what better way to show a sign of love
but child eyes blinking awake to faces
lonely homes are only lacking places
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AprilPoWriMo 19
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AprilPoWriMo 18
How to arrange these shelves with what will be
phases of what will be the distant past
books I have not got around to will not
get around to reading until forgot
a receipt in the front leaf was acquired
recently only twenty years ago
pages still unread pages not yet read
spines stacked together side by side alone
alphabetized by habit of habit
also known as lexicographical
lethargy the entropy of reading
between the years that I believe exist
and have existed at least from the start
words spoke out of nothing not kept apart
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AprilPoWriMo 17
Why do you look for
the living among the dead?
He is not here but
with the dead has been
now love is come again like
wheat that springeth green
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AprilPoWriMo 16
What else to do
while waiting
but cut the grass
and hope the creatures
who were underground
greet the new sun
before finding
another home
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AprilPoWriMo 15
Sun bright as the moon
darkness at the break of soon
trees flip their fingers to say
don’t use us this way
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AprilPoWriMo 14
Playing the time game
eventually
becomes more predictable
the more time passes
we are as many years from
this as that
if we lived then we
would be
these people events feel like
different eras
in fact they happened
the same day
although if you try
carefully enough
you may notice
all of it
happens
at once
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AprilPoWriMo 13
What kind of sleep
must I have had
to spend the day
being reminded
of half dreams from
the night before
in need of forty
winks or more
to complete the cycle
perhaps I’ll recall
in another life
the days I spent
blinking half awake
from start to finish
surely I’ve written
about this before but
it takes too much effort
to look up those words
when I don’t know what
I am looking for
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AprilPoWriMo 12
On top of everything
they’re back
the buds on the trees
as if overnight
were enough time
for a rebirth
such cyclical efficiency
like clockwork
even amid inflation!
do they think
we might not notice
looking down at our phones
well I noticed!
now it’s already too warm
and with the pollen
I fell asleep watching tv
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AprilPoWriMo 11
If the mind is anything
it is a time machine
living in forward motion
wondering how what
it knew in the past
will look like in a little
while and sometime
later after that when
for all it knows occurred
jumping front to back
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AprilPoWriMo 10
It might be appropriate
to label the day’s proceedings
with the proverbial spoiler alert
as if the game had not already
been given away in a thousand
or so repeated tellings times two
to go from triumph to triumph
without the dark gash in between
might be too much to bear
better to exit in silence exultant
knowing the already is not yet
some leaves of the story left
languished on the ground
prepared to be turned to ash again
Joshua Keiter 