From the tribes to Pistol-lock
Safety switched to off
Rails change gauges
Locomotive rusts behind a fence
The Oiler crouches low
With cartridges on hand
Washes dingy mangoes
Water tank strapped low
By silver wheels
3 coins for admittance
Or 17 with dry powder
Ignition proves difficult
With the absence of a fuse
Get your basket to the platform
Before the diesel glows
The wheels stutter, shovels put away
Replaced by urgency
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Swinging left
down darkened road
all smiles and wrinkles
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Evidence from mixed-media master Douglas Coupland’s exhibit at Vancouver Art Gallery – the assortment of items i captured from the wide-array of mediums he works with/in, are arranged into 7 volumes for convenience. This is volume 3, Slogans (my title, not his).
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Inventory:
Folding tray with snacks: dried mangoes, cashews, chewing gum, this very notebook, cork covered sardine can camera with expired 35mm Fujifilm, headphones, diazepam, food delivered by an unhappy hostess, strange spicy clams, instant cup rice and a sort of curry sauce.
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Hidden mossy rock
busts up big toe
without apology
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Evidence from mixed-media master Douglas Coupland’s exhibit at Vancouver Art Gallery – the assortment of items i captured from the wide-array of mediums he works with/in, are arranged into 7 volumes for convenience. This is volume 2, Collection (my title, not his).
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Railroads for the sinews
To connect the culture loosely
Rust gives way to polish
Simply by rolling along
Carriages painted blue
But each with a vague distinction
Letters to denote the occupants
Desired by the chairs
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Footprints
deep in mud
leading to woods
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Lavender please save me
From the poison i’ve inhaled
Before finds a way to my heart strings
Or blinds my weary eyes
To cut or chop
The offending parts
Trim away the excess
Guarding your inner heart
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018