Tag: family
member name: David Gilbaugh
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August 20, 2006 01:03 AM EDT --
SENSATIONS OF A LIE
Desire wrongly taken,
static rising hair, he
comes.
Quick-think,
hyper-magination inked,
decepti-satiation pounce
cat-like
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May 16, 2007 12:58 AM EDT --
Grampa and Me
1958 Fort Morgan, Colorado
Dedicated to my grandfather, . . .
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July 30, 2006 12:01 AM EDT --
No Pie Tonight
My Mommy told me to be nice,
My Daddy told me twice,
My Sister told me nighty-nigh,
and my brother ate my pie.
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October 08, 2006 04:09 AM EDT --
Sunday
by Little Davy (7)
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July 12, 2006 12:10 AM EDT --
Fifteen minutes is the time it takes to change a tire, unless you can't find the jack handle, then it takes a short skirt and pouty lips, unless you have a five o'clock shadow, then you better . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:17 PM EDT --
When I was six
and my brother was seven,
he made me cry today.
"You pansy," he said.
"You're the pansy," I said,
with my fist full of leaves, . . .
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September 08, 2006 04:35 PM EDT --
INTROSPECTION
photo by Douglas Gilbert
The WIKAWILLY OAK HAIKU
Wikawilly Oak
Bark branches, rings roots, sap soul
Wikawilly Oak
The Wikawilly . . .
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September 22, 2006 02:02 AM EDT --
THISTLES - and the like
Poking through my socks,
they gang up on my ankles,
like mobsters with ice picks,
lusting for cotton and flesh
Thumbs and fingers
bleeding,
Picking angry . . .
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January 10, 2007 03:40 PM EST --
This fictional empathetic-exploration is an extension of Grateful, an earlier free-verse about death and grief in the life of an existentialist, in this case, the subject's brother.
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February 21, 2008 03:36 PM EST --
Diapered children sit on his feet,
one on his left foot - one on his right,
clutching his leg, impatient,
waiting for him to walk - someplace
His body is twisting
his feet turn to the right . . .
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June 23, 2006 01:35 AM EDT --
Megan named her Maggie
and calls her Maggie May.
Mommy calls her Dog Pog
and tells her sit and stay.
Daddy calls her Maggie No!
and Maggie runs away.
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January 10, 2007 12:31 AM EST --
There is that moment,
when crossing over,
when not knowing,
they work to swallow
a dry lump of nothingness
that - won't - go - down...
What of that fear . . .
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July 16, 2006 06:45 PM EDT --
One minute to find all the dirty laundry, unless you have children, then it takes an allowance, unless you don't give your children allowance, then it takes:
five minutes per child . . .
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July 03, 2006 07:45 PM EDT --
GRIT AND BARE, I'LL MEET YOU THERE
Hair thick to thin,
hips thin to thick,
add double chin.
Thoughts bright to dim,
aches dim to bright,
add barely sin.
In this we share, . . .
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September 11, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
The Family Files series of literary poems by Douglas Gilbert. Adapted for use as classroom discussion prompts, these short poems include themes of child neglect and abuse, family secrets (myths), . . .
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July 11, 2007 02:08 AM EDT --
There is a piece of plywood
in my bedroom on the floor
I woke to find my head
fastened to it with a wood screw
my shoulders, arms, and pelvis too
but there was no blood
to believe and ogle . . .
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September 14, 2007 01:47 AM EDT --
Over the hills and through the
woo, woo,
woods,
to Grandma's house I go.
"How is your dog?" She asked.
"Sick, she had another seizure - . . .
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June 03, 2006 04:41 AM EDT --
My vision burning bright tonight,
No bitterness see I insight.
I fear the feeling will not last.
My cares and burdens not far past,
but past not fears' designs, they last.
When will . . .
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June 08, 2006 01:09 AM EDT --
Bob made an unusual attempt to seek me out that day, he needed to tell me he loved me. He told me all the reasons why, and I told him too. He assured me, he would always love me - no matter . . .
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June 16, 2006 02:10 PM EDT --
Turning the handle
Anticipation
Threshold underfoot
Years in a slide show
Over the threshold
Frustrations end,
defeated
Inside
Matted carpet underfoot
Scanning upward
Seated
on the threaded . . .
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