Hep

   for Pam

Pam, extraordinary lamb
scales buildings like mountains
with verve
Could go on
to include her sister
traveling,
doth wholly miss her
Comforts weary victims
salubrious light,
meaning and muscle
As rivers float her being
for pleasure rejuvenates
Did she endeavor to be more
than a conquistador?
Read her biography
once written

Present Perfect

for Jen

Live in a poem
with me, poet
Become the body
Free verse
cursive lips
cascading lines
punctuated meaning,
present perfect
Idiomatic expressions
spliced and fused,
inductive shifts
in tense, voice and mood
Superlative adventures
loosely climax
with purpose

Bog

Fog loosens
into mist
quiet, wet
night-fall hues
murky gray
impressions lurk

Snow Creature

Winter pitched a fit

shoveled into a pile

carved with a wooden spoon

into shapely curves

of a snow creature

that knows nothing