Thanksgiving Pantoum

THANKSGIVING PANTOUM


I am grateful to the woman I did not want to divorce—
did not keep in front of me against the hurricane force winds,
that mental disease. How else can one explain the inexplicable?
Formation of a tropical depression in the middle of calm seas

did not keep in front of me against the hurricane force winds.
I was happy with 99 percent of our marriage of warm and cold,
formation of a tropical depression in the middle of calm seas.
The lowest air pressure recorded was 882 mb of hurricane Wilma,

I was happy with 99 percent of our marriage of warm and cold,
we survived when Wilma’s eye passed over our condo in 2005,
the lowest air pressure recorded was 882 mb of hurricane Wilma.
My ex-wife wrote a long poem about the destruction around us,

we survived when Wilma’s eye passed over our condo in 2005,
that mental disease. How else can one explain the inexplicable!
I saw a man almost die, a second away from a crashing roof.
I am grateful to the woman I did not want to divorce.

CHI

Healing

She loves me!

First review of my new book of poems at Hyphen Mag.

reviewed by Barbara Jane Reyes.

Here.

Many thanks!

there's a poem in there somewhere

Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750s-1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient's rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase "blow smoke up one's ass."

Yeah, you know who you are!

Brand new poetry book just published!

Title: Chinese, Japanese, What are These?

Info HERE.

Convento Mertola