LEAF LEAP
The children are piling the leaves again
ready for the next bare-limb leap
life into death and back
THE ALBATROSS OF THE PLAINS
Beavers’ teeth never stop growing so they chew on wood to keep them at a manageable length. If they didn’t maintain them their teeth would eventually grow into their brains.
I shot a beaver in my youth
who cursed me with this curse
My teeth
will be your poems now
remembering our gift unused
grows fatal to the brain
PUPPY LOVE
Mary had a little lab
his coat was dirt and roll
and everywhere that Mary went
he wagged his smile behind her
WINDMILL FARMS
WINDMILL FARMS
How many will it take to keep this thing in the air
Copper Left Her Laugh
COPPER LEFT HER LAUGH
Copper Love
her answering machine
It is in
the hearts
of a thousand friends
as she laughs at death, or with it
OFF TO SCHOOL
OFF TO SCHOOL
They sent me off to school today
round-roofed lunchpail packed
with all five stages of grief
Four layer sandwich of
denial
anger
bargaining
and depression
and an apple of acceptance
I don’t think I’ll eat the apple
LIGHT SHINING ON COPPER
LIGHT SHINING ON COPPER
I can mostly buy
the whole spiritual thing
that she is neither dead nor gone
or at a perfect time
and to a perfect place
But there is
this hole in a hug
where she used to fit
In memory of Copper Love 1947 – 2017
www.copperlove.com
PRECIOUS METALS
PRECIOUS METALS
(for Copper Love)
You can keep your gold and silver
that divide the world in war
It is copper that connects
Cold crowns of kings and queens
behind the glass beyond the touch
copper is the human metal
it is copper that conducts
Greed and hate abide in gold
in copper there is only love
it is copper that conducts
it is copper that connects
In memory of Copper Love 1947 – 2017
www.copperlove.com
AIPF 2017
It’s poetry festival time! If you are in the Austin area check out the
Austin International Poetry Festival
Neil Meili AIPF 2016
Come see Neil
Thursday April 6th
Noon to 1:30 for City Reads at Maria’s Taco
3:00 to 5:00 for Time and Space Anthology Reading at New World Deli
Saturday April 8th
1:00 to 2:45 for City Reads at New World Deli
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