Monthly Archives: October 2005

JEANNE MARIE WRITES A NEW BOOK

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JEANNE MARIE WRITES A NEW BOOK

When it rains in Biggar Saskatchewan
a bigger battle begins

Grass and grain sucking straws
to the slurping point

The sun trying as always to extract
far more than its fair tithe

Muddy waters swirling down drains
of gopher and badger holes

Settling through hollows of buffalo wallows
where the buffalo no longer roam

Remainders feeding underground streams
and deep raging rivers

If I put my feet or my ear to the ground
I can almost understand her last poem

Almost hear the next one

SLEEPING WITH YOURSELF

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SLEEPING WITH YOURSELF

If you think you have no power
try sleeping with a Kennedy

You may find some, but most likely
they will end up with more

If you want to touch vulnerable
try sleeping with a Marilyn

You may find some, but most likely
you will just pile more dirt on her grave

If you can’t find your inner poet
or the painter unafraid to use red

You can always find one willing
to help you find it in their bed

And there may be value in this trail
however tangled dark and faint

For you can sometimes find out where
something is just by finding where it ain’t