tinywords 10.1: Spring 2010

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TINYWORDS

ISSUE 10.1

SPRING 2010


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TINYWORDS 10.1: SPRING, 2010

Editor and publisher: d. f. tweney

Assistant editors: John Emil Vincent, Shae Davidson, David

Jensen

Cover art byNatalie d'Arbeloff

Collection copyright 2010 by d. f. tweney.

Individual poems are copyright their respective creators,

and are used with permission.
http://tinywords.com/author/ndarbeloff/http://tinywords.com/author/ndarbeloff/


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All of the poems in this collection were originally published

on tinywords.com from May 17 through July 2, 2010.

They can be found, along with reader comments and author

bios, at

http://tinywords.com/category/issue-10-1/

In addition, the bylines in this document are linked to author

pages on tinywords.com, where you can read each author's bio

and see a list of other poems they have published on the site.

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http://tinywords.com/category/issue-10-1/http://tinywords.com/category/issue-10-1/


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butterfly

the way you leave

and come back

CLAUDETTE RUSSELL

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http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/


5/37

springis coming

one door

of the deli

is open

TOMFRENKEL

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http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/http://tinywords.com/author/tfrenkel/


6/37

Street vendors

selling flowers

for other mens wives

JAMESWESTBROOKS

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http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/http://tinywords.com/author/jwestbrooks/


7/37

Five minutes before the alarmbirdsong, birdsong.

JONSUMMERS

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http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/


8/37

day at the park

picnic blankets blanketed

with cherry blossoms

DONMILLER

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http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/http://tinywords.com/author/dmiller/


9/37

spring scent of nothing burning

PETER NEWTON

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http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/


10/37

first thaw

pink petals

in the elevator

BOUWEBROUWER

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http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/


11/37

sprouting grasses

deleting the contacts

i never call

BRENDANSLATER

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http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/


12/37

I pause to watch

the moon riding the clouds

the boy tugs my hand

BOB BRILL

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http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrill/


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walking barefoot

in the mud

a young woman

carries the world

on her head

BARRYGOODMANN

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http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/


14/37

Another weekend over, under a sky of stars I empty the car.

JONSUMMERS

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http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/


15/37

row houses

wear tinfoiled windows

blind to spring

T. D. INGRAM

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http://tinywords.com/author/tdingram/http://tinywords.com/author/tdingram/http://tinywords.com/author/tdingram/http://tinywords.com/author/tdingram/


16/37

green tractor plowing

drags over black furrows

a lace scarf of gulls

F.J. BERGMANN

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http://tinywords.com/author/fjbergmann/http://tinywords.com/author/fjbergmann/http://tinywords.com/author/fjbergmann/http://tinywords.com/author/fjbergmann/


17/37

riverside wedding

the flower girl

picks a dandelion

BILL WATERS

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http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/


18/37

low tide

river mud glistens

pink in the setting sun

BILL WATERS

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http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/


19/37

On a bed of leaves,

a deer skeleton picked clean,

save one furry hoof.

JAMESBRUSH

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http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/


20/37

covered with blossoms

a business card

floats on the pond

BARRYGOODMANN

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http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/


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in between

the notes heartbeats

so loud

ROMANLYAKHOVETSKY

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http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/


22/37

snatched by the wind,my check zips past the daffodils

I almost let it go

PEG DUTHIE

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http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/


23/37

in

an old car

an old man and

an old dog

DAVID SERJEANT

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http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/


24/37

remission

in the rear-view the crow

settles back on the roadkill

DAVID SERJEANT

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http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/


25/37

the hem of my dress

too wet for the wind

PEG DUTHIE

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http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/


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the lie

i almost tell

bruised ginger

BRENDANSLATER

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http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/http://tinywords.com/author/bslater/


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stars

clearly

aware

AMINANIMATOR

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http://tinywords.com/author/aminanimator/http://tinywords.com/author/aminanimator/http://tinywords.com/author/aminanimator/


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The way I rake the desert :: that would be my poverty

GRANTHACKETT

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http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/http://tinywords.com/author/ghackett/


29/37

Clouds building outside

Heralding a thunderstorm

My cube grows smaller

JAYHOLT

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http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/http://tinywords.com/author/jholt/


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the wind howling horizon on a wave

KALA RAMESH

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http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/http://tinywords.com/author/kalaramesh/


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Sunreal

JOSEPHCARFAGNO

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http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/http://tinywords.com/author/jcarfagno/


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Hidden by the fog,

mockingbirds and wrens sing maps

outlining the trees.

JAMESBRUSH

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http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/http://tinywords.com/author/jbrush/


33/37

morning coffee

one bare foot

under another

MATTROBISON

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http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/http://tinywords.com/author/mrobison/


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empty tree

except

one nest

L. A. EVANS

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http://tinywords.com/author/laevans/http://tinywords.com/author/laevans/http://tinywords.com/author/laevans/http://tinywords.com/author/laevans/


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almost there

would be agas station

ROMANLYAKHOVETSKY

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http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/


36/37

summer T-ball

between batters outfielders

chase butterflies

KATHEL. PALKA

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http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/


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sunday

line of parking meters

all EXPIRED

JEFFREYWINKE

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http://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/http://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/http://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/http://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/http://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/http://tinywords.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/winke_sunday.pnghttp://tinywords.com/author/jwinke/

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