walking over the healthy hill
saving the life of living
in my life
Phone poems
Singlets of the world
Singlets of the world
Dowdiest of nana-wear
your singlet clings to your lonely skin
your worried skin
you tuck it in
you barely feel it but you know it’s there for you
working full time for you
benign meniscus
keeping chills and death at bay
saving the hurts of the world for another day
Poem and photo by Rachel McAlpine CC BY-NC 2.0
Time travel
So still, so silent
my summer city—
I must be somewhere else
~ rachel mcalpine
Coffee
Your coffee
frothing in a lucky cup —
drink me!
photo + haiku by rachel mcalpine CC BY-NC 2.0
Discipline
Discipline
Daily poem on daily poem
is a daisy chain
each little star
linked to the next
by sunburn.
rachel mcalpine 25122016 cc by-nc 2.0
Big bamboo
Monstrous worms on tiptoe.
First time I see big bamboo
I have to touch.
poem by Rachel McAlpine CC BY, photo by MRHayata CC BY-SA
Cherry blossom
Cherry blossom
A pink steam tickles your eyes.
You choose the petit mal
of petals and perfume.
photo of cherry blossom at Daigoji Temple by Ryuta Kawakami CC BY, poem by Rachel McAlpine CC BY
Lacy
The sternest man in town
is wearing lacy knickers
and smiling in his thighs.
poem by Rachel McAlpine CC BY
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Acid pink
Over the garden fence,
what floppiness of acid pink,
what tenderness of white hydrangeas!
—
poem by Rachel McAlpine CC ID, photo by Jan Smith CC ID
Baby summer
In the night a baby summer
rolls on to my bare back
like a sumo tiger.
All warm fur, and feel
the weight of it!
poem and photo by Rachel McAlpine CC BY
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 