Champion

—Poetry by Taylor Dibbert,
Washington, D.C.
—Illustrations Courtesy of Public Domain

 

 

BARKING AT EVERYTHING


He and London are
In the yard
On the side of
The main house
London has always
Been quite interested
In this area,
He thinks
That’s because
There are cats
That spend
A lot of time
Over here
And so there are
Tons of smells
And interesting things
And then one
Of his landlords
Comes outside
She’s on her way out
To run an errand
And she says that
She has noticed
Him carrying London
Quite a bit
And so she asks
If London is okay
And he tells her
That he isn’t sure
And he tells her
That he’s having trouble
Managing London’s pain
And then she says
That she’s sorry
To hear that
And then a dog walks by
And London is barking
And growling so much
And then another dog walks by
And London is barking
And growling so much
She can’t ever leave it
His London
And then the woman
Says that London
Seems okay
That she still has
That fighting spirit,
Which is
Totally true
A little champion
His London is.

 

 

 

 

MARITAL REFLECTIONS

They had an
Ernest Hemingway
Old Man and the Sea
Kind of marriage,
A big catch
And a lot
To be
Excited about
But then they
Went through
A bunch
And once they
Returned home
Everything was gone.


(prev. pub. in Synchronized Chaos Magazine,
May 2024)

 

 

 

 

THOSE LITTLE DOGS

Small dogs
With big personalities,
Guaranteed to bring
A smile
To his face.

(prev. pub. in Spillwords Press, October 2024)

 

 

 

SOMETIMES

London has
Been gone
For almost
Eighteen months
And sometimes
He still
Bursts into tears
When he thinks
About her.


(prev. pub. in Synchronized Chaos Magazine,
November 2024)

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Today’s LittleNip:


HELP WANTED
—Taylor Dibbert


Get busy building art
Because art doesn’t build itself.



(prev. pub. in Medusa’s Kitchen, April 2023)


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Taylor Dibbert says he is “a writer of things”. Takoma, his sixth book, is due out in late January from Alien Buddha Press. Welcome back, Taylor, and congratulations on your new book!

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—Medusa, wishing our Chinese friends Gung Hay Fat Choy for this Year of the Snake!

 

 

 

Taylor Dibbert's new book; 

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