Rhythm

Bike-Twister

Place a foot upon a pedal,

Put your pedal-pushers on;

To the pedal pin a paddle,

Paddle-pedal push upon.

 

Place the paddle-pedal-cycle

On a puddle in the park;

Paddle addled through the puddle,

Pump the pedal till it's dark.

 

On the puddle-pedal-paddler

Place a poodle with a pail:

...

Dennis Lee
b. 1939

Mantra of No Return

my mother occupies the passenger seat. my brother and i

                     stick in the back.

   the radio babbles and sings between us. she is estranged, returning

           and we are revenants to a place                 inside a narration contrived

to read like non-fiction, a continuous telling since                                 one

mouth...

Kaie Kellough
1975 -

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