"sun chain," "the sirius yard is the color of the sea," and "the radio clue or clock"

sun chain

we learn of the world in socks
we eat the eggs of the family lizard
 
I’m drinking a gallon of toast
the burger of the violet machine
 
I’m sailing in the moonstream
I’m walking with the white noise feet
 
we can hear the sunshine
nothing in the tree is a secret

 


 

the sirius yarn is the color of the sea

I am the clorox of the walnut
I am the soft ankle of the daylight
 
tracking the harsh neighbor
the nova gloom
 
the careful denim dream
the starboard life of the coconut
 
the big gulp of the chargers game
I was the clean broom of the hand
 
in the chamber of the crying glue
I was a glum drum

 


 

the radio clue or clock

the shark of the paper
we lasso the chocolate
 
the suit and burger to lose me
the parrot of the bald lemon
 
             I was in the middle of the room
             I witnessed that classic asp
 
the little lake tigers are in alphabetical order
the scientific bread of the language

 

 

J. D. Nelson

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) is the author of ten print chapbooks and e-books of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). His first full-length collection is in ghostly onehead (Post-Asemic Press, 2022). Visit his website, MadVerse.com, for more information and links to his published work. His haiku blog is at JDNelson.net. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA. He recommends the Denver Rescue Mission.

 

Edited for Unlikely by Jonathan Penton, Editor-in-Chief
Last revised on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 23:20