Randy Stark

Three Poems

NORDS   We all have them. Nords. N-o-r-d-s. All over your body. The most famous are Lymph nords But there are many other kinds. Nords. N-o-r-d Maybe e-s. Did you know that? “AND HAS THOU SLAIN THE JABBERWOCK?”   There’s the fiber optic forest Right after the opening epilogue And countless hours of research When

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The Point of Poetry

“He would sit between a Uighur and a Vietnamese and they would be using English to communicate with each other, their English mangled to the point of poetry…” from 2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson LEDDY?   I’m looking you!   OFFICE CLARK BIRSDAY   I reeree enjoy it.   RAFFING   I am frenzy.  

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Start Earning Extra Points

I eat breakfast from my browser. Pull bacon out of my beard. Crisp and flavorful. Points being put on the board. Concrete being poured. Concerto being scored. Podcast being streamed. The Zoom event I’ve always dreamed of.   With knockout formula. Does what others claim. Tells past, present, and future. Removes bad luck. Cures evil

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Street Scene

THE SEÑORITA HAS CAME OUTSIDE   Look at those kicks.   I’VE HEARD ABOUT HER   And I’ve heard about the restraining order.   MARKINGS ON THE ASPHALT   The water guys went through. They’re trying to find that leak.   OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN   Or current resident.   HOW MANY  

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For Three

Green chiles, red tomatoes, yellow onions. Linkages, partnerships and collaborations. Norteno, banda, ranchero. Stand, delivery, market. Arrest, penalties, prison. Cottonwood, willow, sycamore. Stream or sync or swim. Call, click, or scan. Apples, peppers and honey. Queer assault, active shooter, child abuse. “Trills, quavers and breves.” Panga, proa, canoe. Doorbuster sales, border clashes, licensed agents. Single

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Thinking Back

The virus doesn’t care how you want to be remembered. The virus is not a jury, it doesn’t deliberate. The virus is a judge. A hanging judge. The virus is inclusive. The virus doesn’t know essential from a waste of space. The virus is non-partisan It reaches across the aisle.   The virus doesn’t need

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