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Note to Note

Note to Note is a daily exercise in observing, witnessing, taking note of something, someone, some thought. The effort is inspired by the prodigious telephone poems of the great poet Pedro Pietri. I heard him read many of those short and often humorous poems, and saw the great big book he read them from. Yet to be published in full, you can find some of his telephone poems in an anthology of his poetry, Pedro Pietri, Selected Works recently published by City Lights Books. And perhaps one day these notes of mine will find their way in to print, but you can indulge yourself right here, right now, for nothing but your valuable time.

Trip Note


Trip Note

don’t want baggage
don’t care what i wear
breathe fresh air
absorb sunshine
the smile’s mine
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A Note in Time

A note in Time

you were offbeat
with a sweet tone
and perfect pitch
now you’re played
wafting in memory’s wind
A note in Time

you were offbeat
with a sweet tone
and perfect pitch
now you’re played
wafting in memory’s wind
A note in Time

you were offbeat
with a sweet tone
and perfect pitch
now you’re played
wafting in memory’s wind
A note in Time

you were offbeat
with a sweet tone
and perfect pitch
now you’re played
wafting in memory’s wind
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Note to Rumination

Note to
Rumination

no satisfaction
from your distraction
a one way street
is just a lie
no need for goodbye
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Note to Nightmare

Note to Nightmare


You surprised me,
wanting to be mine,
tricked your way
through the front door
into my bed.

I made you feel real.

I’m awake now.
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Note to Heart

Note to Heart

You are the bridge
that water returns to

traffickers scuff your surface
thinking they are going somewhere

don’t listen to idle chatter
you are what you seek
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Note to Greed

Note to Greed
You didn’t know 
that what you held 
was precious,
worth more than
you’ll ever acquire,
when you dropped it 
and squashed it;
you wouldn’t know
if you saw it again.
watch your step as you leave.
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Daydream Note

Daydream Note

I see Myself with 
Lightning Energy
Shooting from
my Outstretched Hands
I don’t know what it means
this Super Hero scene
my Palms are the Bomb
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Note to Diver

Note to Diver

there’s a girl
a pearl in a shell
she never left the deep sea
she hasn’t aged
she can’t tell 
there’s other girls 
in other shells 
she doesn’t know 
she’s alone 
she is home
home is her
leave her be
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Note to Vanity

Note to Vanity
you’re a curse 
worse for wear 
you prey 
you say 
magic words 
you’re heard
you’re preferred
but not here dear 
don’t try the lock
don’t knock
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Note to Done That

Note to Done That


i would try
but horses don’t fly
they run & i’m done
don’t wanna race or roam
i am home
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Note to Notes

Note to Notes


here and gone
with each breath
one and done
shrill or thrill
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Note to Narcissus

Note to Narcissus

where are you 
from?
where do you 
belong?
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Note to Horizon

Note to Horizon

i hoed the road
to the end. now 
i’m looking at you.
you see me
striding from a field of dreams
hoe in hand.
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Note to Spec

Note to Spec

to fail completely
is spectacular.
you didn’t just get by
you were a disaster.
you didn’t belong.
why were you there?
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Note to Anyone

Note to Anyone

i have as much
right as anyone
to be here
which isn’t much
but i’m here
and i have a
right to be
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Notes

Notes

Notes Noted
are Songs
You can Sing
Again
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Note to Sow

Note to Sow

I’m bent. 
But not broken.
Spring is coming for my Snowy Silence.

I’m ready. 
No explaining.
Just an early crop.
Berries, Bees, Seeds.Note to Sow

I’m bent. 
But not broken.
Spring is coming for my Snowy Silence.

I’m ready. 
No explaining.
Just an early crop.
Berries, Bees, Seeds.
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Note to Purity

Note to Purity

Coaxing warm sound
from my unbending 
flute, my fingertips
cover the key holes
just so, my lips are tight, my body loose,
i’m calling you to 
join me on the inhale.
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Note to Preacher

Note to Preacher

God don’t like
Ugly
is as it does
what was is never now
how i got here
and you too
is what it is
not what
you say it is
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Note to Wisdom

Note to Wisdom

Every time I think we’re
getting going you 
break me down. 
i’m a clown who knows 
to come clean
even though i should’a
read what you wrote
heard what you said.
i’m taking a breather;
wait on the porch
if you want.
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Note to Patience

Note to Patience

You waited at the end
but the line wasn’t 
long enough.
Now I’m chasing 
Lady Liberty.
You’re riding my
cramped wing
like a superhero
dangling over a
volcanic eruption.
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Note to Anger

Note to Anger

go away
you come knocking
knowing i’m home
say you don’t wanna roam
you like me just as well
you press my bell
smiling beguilingly
through a peep hole
to my soul

#poetry #anger #soul #note #notebook #micropoem #dailynote
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Note to Wave

Note to Wave

Liberty
is a 
Lady
smiling
inspiring
desiring
Feeling Free
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Note to Hoo Who Man

Note to Hoo Who Man	
what a woo man
who man?
ohm an
oh men
eggs over ease pleas
oy vay
wads you say?
press her cook
can cork brand
for two more oh
hear i am
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Note to Me

Note to Me		


Listening to live music
Laughing with people:

Remember when you
Felt this way right now.
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Note to Crew

Note to Crew

when you hit a nail 
on the head the first time
it’ll be different
when you meet again.
the third round
might split the wood.

try not to waste nails.
don’t overcharge me.
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On Note

i belonged 
to you

it wasn’t me 
you wanted

affronted 
behinded

only way 
to move is

on
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Note to Call & Her

Note to Call and Her
to day differ rent as same
old her wise her spreading 
fertile eyes her
mammory beau tea 
hearterized 
proffer seas bee longing 
sum one said two three four
more a stream a dream
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Note to Heart, Mind

Head led
me to a balanced
equation.

Heart said
some integers feel better
than others.

Ya’ll
never conversated
with each other.

It’s time
to know what’s up and
understand.
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Note about Dues and Don’ts

If you do, you do
and if you don’t
you don’t
and if they won’t
they won’t whether
you do or you don’t.
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Posted on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags damned if you do Leave a comment

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Crazy Brave
it was amazing
Crazy Brave
by Joy Harjo
I loved this book. I picked it up in the Albuquerque airport on my way home after attending my father's funeral. Ms. Harjo speaks eloquently of birth and death in the telling of her story of becoming the fierce poet and musician that she...
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The Albino Album
really liked it
The Albino Album
by Chavisa Woods
This book was very interesting and entertaining. I found myself a little confused in a couple places about who the narrator was, with the story jumping around in time and among characters, but got the gist of it anyway. It is a window in...
tagged: reviewed
The God of Small Things
it was amazing
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
I heard Arundhati Roy speaking with Amy Goodman once on the radio, and was impressed with her passion and intelligence. Somehow I never got around to reading any of her books until now. I really enjoyed this one. It is great storytelling...
tagged: reviewed
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood Volume 2
it was amazing
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood Volume 2
by Merlin Stone
I could never actually say that I finished volume 2 or 1 of Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, they are the work of the incredible scholarship and imagination of Merlin Stone. These two books together are a never-ending fountain of ideas, ins...
tagged: woman-history and reviewed
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry
it was amazing
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry
by Pedro Pietri
Dear Pedro, John Dean interrupted my regularly scheduled Sesame Street when you were getting turned on to grass i was watching Vietnam on TV when you met Agent Orange and he stuck to you like glue i didn’t know i just heard it was the wo...
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