Poem of the Day
Consecutive Preterite
By Jessica Laser
That summer I learned Biblical Hebrew / with Christian women heaving themselves / toward ministry one brick building at a time.
That summer I learned Biblical Hebrew / with Christian women heaving themselves / toward ministry one brick building at a time.
Fast fella, cough it up, five cents more please.
Faster, this crap’ll kill you, like anything else
Why do I fear the true winter death to come
I guess I’ve lived without seasons much too long
Perhaps today I understand the saying
“We’re all miserable sinners.”
We all went to the Zoo.
That’s one thing done.
You’re the only creature I really love
Aside from Mama and my Teddy bear
Somewhere a boat is leaking
I don’t know where.
You have a little smudge on your forehead, dear,
like a smashed raisin cookie.
That air is you, your breathing
It’s New Year’s Eve, of 1968, & a time
for Resolution.
It’s very interesting
Weighing 500 lbs
You might even say, “it’s great!”