Monday, November 25, 2019

jim leftwich, 11 poems -- 11.25.2019

Indirectly consecutive

wiNdziNes vEnOUs
   dUrabLe sAwdUst
FasTfORwaRd FoSSiL 
      rEfUELings

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angles our span

rEfiLLing dividEd ViEWpOinTs
hOUsehOLd prOdUcts SprAwL
FiReWaLLeXttiNGuisHer fLour

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Book of unknown proportions

Elf eRe We rid of
 WaYfaRing fuRTHer
era nEarEr faRthing

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Ashes Layer Habit

pLuNGing
fIFtY FurNITUres
On yOuR oWn

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Like I Said

it uNtiL oRpheus
raDio PiVots
BeHind the VeiL

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The margins of plainsPeak

SlOWLy oiLSLicks iNteRseCt
sLiding sCaLe of BasEbaLls
sea of cOMpOsite diaMOnds,
figUraTiveLy aESTheTic box

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Trees extract anchors

GeRms BaCKdrOp rebeLLing 
liSts / thEy liKe OpeRa 
aNd thEir pEas haVe maGic
    fRagMinty miLiEu
   HorNed maNNeqUin

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mid 19th century: French, from mi ‘mid’ + lieu ‘place’.

haven't gOt aN It Or
An At, / vERy liKeLy
BoXWoOd hedGe gNaWed
nOxious aNd frEEways

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Comes to mind

nOr ExiTs
skYScraPpy aERial
ovERCoAt / fixEd,
ExtraCuRRicULar,
BraTWurst

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Limits of the 17th century

SagGing AsCent,
RiGging SymBiOtic fuTUrepLagUe
/ So it goes, as oRaCLes Go

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Decenters Dimensions

sUNbURNt    tHroTTLes fiSH
   fETiSH By repTiLes taiNTed 
 lOOse, RaReLy seLf-dEscRibed
 as "the key" / RiGHt on tiMe
  / Key eXpERieNCes stUdY tHe
fiRSt paGe oF The sEcond bOOk

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