"Ode on Melancholy," by John Keats

Clerihew: "Sir Humphry Davy"

Cinquain: "Niagara," by Adelaide Crapsey

"Starting at Dawn," by Sun Yün-feng

"Starting at Dawn," by Sun Yün-feng

"Cow," by Gary Snyder

"German bar," by Charles Bukowski

from "New Year Letter," by W.H. Auden

"Mutability," by William Wordsworth

"I Do Best Alone at Night," by Gunnar Ekelöf

"As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame," by Gerard Manley Ho...

Don't Know, Do Know

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Don't Know, Do Know

i don't know why. i
do know why. i do,
i don't, know why.

why, no, i don't
know why. i know
why i don't know

why and don't
know why
i know. i don't,

i do, and i
don't know how
it is for you.


Copyright 2011 Hans Ostrom

Lemon Harangue

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Lemon Harangue

hey, it's hard to do
anything. yeah, but
you have to try. hell,
we all start out as

squirming blobs of
flesh and then
get push-pushed
to join reality.

later we get
volunteered to
join this mess,
society. with

a system like
this, who needs
chaos? for
today, stop

haranguing
yourself, although
it's a good word,
harangue.

do what you can,
if you can, and
know that doing
anything is hard.


Copyright 2011 Hans Ostrom