Dooidrasto

 

—Poetry and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OH

Ahhhhh
my second cup of coffee
after a long day of dying

 

 

 

 Bright Light Dead City

 

Just me
here in the dark
with its thousand sounds of silence

going nowhere
moving fast

 

 

 

 Zero

 

STATUS REPORT 101

Learn learn learn learn learn
forget forget forget
learn learn
forget
learn
forget
learn learn learn
forget forget forget forget
forget

Just hope more learn than burn
to earn my kit

 

 

 

 Climate Change

 

Yesterday's dogwalk
four deer and a coyote
today one angry skunk

 

 

 

 Dooidrasto

 

There's dog
there's man
there's God
& then of course there's cat
who rules the three

 

 

 

 We’re All Mad Here

 

The way we treat animals
the earth
and each other
if aliens come
and start farming us for food
I say we deserve it

 

 

 

 Earth Orbit

 

STATUS REPORT 75

Wife is younger by two decade seven

The pluses are endless,
the love true

but two darks brew

I'm older sooner sicker frail finder
hence death is due to brew reminder

and she wonders how I can just sit and
silent toke
and stare out window betting traffic color light
while she stresses struss of work
of life of love of irk
and I tell her truth
I did my stressin' struttin' fretful fussin'
in those 27 years of older
got most of it over
and done
now sitting willing in waiting sun
and her use

 

 

 

 Heartsoar

 

STATUS REPORT 71

My older wiser mutant advice—
be nice, love, listen, have patience,
don't pay too much attention to what the
brains say,
be your own authority,
laugh as often as possible,
never trust power,
cherish spouse, family, friends, cat,
and smoke a lot of grass.

 

 

 

 Future Focus

 

Today’s LittleNip:

Broken bridges
and abundant boulders
along the way

but oh, such strawberries

—Smith

 

 

 

One Man’s Meat

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Smith is with us today—that’s Steven B. Smith, with good advice and just the right rhythms ’n rhymes to pass it on to us! Thanks for your visit, SBS, and keep on keepin’…

Lots of fun and frolic in NorCal poetry tonight: At 5:30pm, there will be another Writing Our Words workshop in Cameron Park; Classy Hippie Tea Co. in Sacramento presents Anna Marie at 7pm; Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis features Dana Gioia, also at 7pm; and Poetry Unplugged at Luna’s Cafe takes place in Sacramento at 8pm. Click UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS at the top of this column for details about these and other future poetry events in the NorCal area—and keep an eye on this link and on the Kitchen for happenings that might pop up during the week.

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—Medusa

 

 

 

 The Smiths at their show in 2012
—Photo by Lou Meunz





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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