Tag Archives: Sonnets

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Posted on December 22, 2025 by urbansonnets

The salty olive lingers on my tongue – should I refrain from taking another?My mind wanders to places so far flungfrom the routines that blanche the days and smother The crunch of snow, the scarf that was just hungon the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 8, 2025 by urbansonnets

I’m tired but sharp today, so I’ll just coast,as halogen light blues suffuse this room’slinoleum tiles where dust and fungus bloomsmushroom like fresh bouquets of holy ghost: Put your eye to the paper towel rolland see yourself aboard a crystal … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 9, 2025 by urbansonnets

What is it? What do you all want from me right now?Should I unfurl myself into a crimson bloomin the springtime in this age of climactic doom,my ripened rosebud clashing with time’s pallid brow? Or maybe I should spend money … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 9, 2024 by urbansonnets

My failing eyes catch the Christmas sparklein a plastic snowflake held by my childwhich he uses to bang on the drums, wildfearless of the veil and the whip’s crackle. While he’s off to sleep, I battle with wordswhich live in … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2018 by urbansonnets

I really almost die inside my sleep where the whiteness of squall and sea prevail as a gust of gulls swooped down and wassail in the salty air through which my thoughts leap. I crash in waves escorted by seaweed, … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 4, 2018 by urbansonnets

Q: What does a king do on a snow day? A: Reign, beloved! What’s today’s mathematics? Understanding. Days with no dramatics but plenty of flair as our fears allay. I place more importance in the new day than in a … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 1, 2018 by urbansonnets

I saw a man caress his father’s fate in a bar last week where raccoons did roam freely on fences while my wife did gloam about how men consume before they sate. I don’t know, I saw him almost fall … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 1, 2018 by urbansonnets

Over him there sits a pall, resting dense despite the sun and sand of the tropics. He looks at the sea through clouded optics despite his tan skin, his body is tense. Kids throwing footballs near the wooden fence that … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 11, 2017 by urbansonnets

Why spend all your time laboring over labor? Slaving away in your dark mind you forget you were once like the plover, spanning continents in patterns undefined. What happened to that flight? You took cover in a warm, sticky place, … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 11, 2017 by urbansonnets

The stack of paper eternally grips my entire neck as I revise papers and I decline as my spirit tapers while beeswax falls as each candle drips on the bottle it is in. Purple strips of wax stretch themselves like … Continue reading →

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