1. "I shall not pass this way again." --William Penn
2. A child in white. A tug on the foot.
3. Boots in the mud, then a bird call. Lifesong pull in the chest.
4. The child places a sticker depicting a cat as a little girl over a puzzle piece depicting a ship. "The woman is going on the ... ship."
5. People who are most themselves. Their excitable hair.
Two collaborative poems
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
by Joanna Penn Cooper and Todd Colby
Peacock Crossing
We have no photographic evidence of our time together, save that one picture of you looking stunned at the border. You always were so fussy about your papers.
Quest for Consideration
My quest for consideration began on a damp
bed. I knew from the smell of the room that it was
a Saturday. Sometimes you want a drink first. Other
times you find yourself crawling through it
all stone cold sober. You or I, it's all the same.
Did I ever mention The Rolling Stones in a poem?
Exile on Main Street is a lovely record. One of us is
Mick Jagger to the other's Marianne Faithfull. I mean,
Peacock Crossing
We have no photographic evidence of our time together, save that one picture of you looking stunned at the border. You always were so fussy about your papers.
Quest for Consideration
My quest for consideration began on a damp
bed. I knew from the smell of the room that it was
a Saturday. Sometimes you want a drink first. Other
times you find yourself crawling through it
all stone cold sober. You or I, it's all the same.
Did I ever mention The Rolling Stones in a poem?
Exile on Main Street is a lovely record. One of us is
Mick Jagger to the other's Marianne Faithfull. I mean,
it's possible Mick has had his heart really broken once or twice,
but you'd never know it from the way he moves his hips.
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