A tall thought
a built thought
is a dissertation.
A short thought
a wrought thought
is a minuet.
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Rachel McAlpine
Writing a book
I am writing a book.
It will take some time.
The book has a title: Flatlantis
and another: Tropical Ice.
The poems will grow like pack-ice.
They will flow like sweat.
They will be easy to read.
They will be hard to write.
When the book is published
I will be a grown-up.
How will that feel?
Curious.
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Rachel McAlpine
T-shirts
Compulsive reading of T-shirts
seeking the meaning of life
or at least
an involuntary poem.
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Rachel McAlpine
Somewhere a poet
Somewhere a poet
is cleaning a bathroom.
Somewhere a cleaner
is writing a poem.
Longevity
If you want eternal life
don’t be a human
or a web site.
Be
a sea
anemone.
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Rachel McAlpine
Yard by yard
Yard by yard
it’s hard.
Inch by inch
a cinch.
You’re in pursuit
of happiness
but happiness
is running after you.
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Rachel McAlpine
Say less
Say less.
Mean more.
Win the match.
Lose the score.
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Rachel McAlpine
A useful tip
When in doubt
do something
that you’ve done before.
When in pain
do something
that you’ll never do again.
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Rachel McAlpine
Come out
Come out
of your corporate corner
into
the arena of song.
How beautiful
to be alive.
How insoluble
to be.
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Rachel McAlpine
How do you do
Hello hello
I am and will be me
you’ll see
I started Blogging 101
to have some fun
and run the run
and if I meet you
one on one
my work is done
and if you like
my wilder poems
you’ve won
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Rachel McAlpine
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 