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to Memory

to Memory

a cat on a roof,
aloof,
a trickster, a hipster
posing at nosing
the proof.

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Posted on May 31, 2021May 31, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags memory, rumination, trickster Leave a comment

Brain Drain

Brain Drain

i go to bed with
what’s in my head,
walk around all day
while my brain plays;
it rambles like a horse.
it even thinks it’s me,
but it’s not, of course.

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Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags brain, rumination Leave a comment

to Worry

to Worry

You linger in my gut,
warning me about old news.
You hold onto sh*t
you should release.
Feel free to fly.
Go fertilize some flowers.

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Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags anxiety, rumination, worry Leave a comment

To Silence

to Silence

my conversations gossip
in the ladies’ waiting room,
where the timeless door to
participation remains locked,
soundproof, waterproof,
and bulletproof.
you are beyond reproach,
vacationing on my hesitance, reticence
and competence.

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Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags rumination Leave a comment

to Mind

to mind

You forgot who you work for.
You’ve been running amok.
You wake me with target practice.
You have endless ammunition,
but you don’t like division.
I’m back now; so just do your job
and then take a break, please.

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Posted on April 17, 2021April 16, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags ammunition, division, mind, rumination, target practice Leave a comment

Note to Memory

Note to Memory

i sail your sea,
navigating joy
and misery.
you’re here
but you’re gone,
touching me
and moving on.

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Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags memory, rumination Leave a comment

Note to Whoever

Note to Whoever

said they want to tap that have at
a first crack of purity surety
and sent that girl down the road
tipping on wobbly heels with
squeals of spinning wheels
shady deals touch feel kneel
swallowing hollow pride
to die of shame
playing by the rules at the mercy of fools
like you
maybe one day you too will rue
the error of your ways and
think of something else to say

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Posted on April 6, 2021April 6, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags rumination, shame Leave a comment

Note to Heart

Note to Heart

Mind never rests
she never gets
working learning
sewing an endless seem
she joins us
to this dream

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Posted on April 3, 2021April 3, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags heart, mind, rumination Leave a comment

Dear Tummy

Dear Tummy

They weren’t yummy, I know: the words Left Ear and Right Ear fed you all these years, and Brain too, but they weren’t true. You’ve been clenching miles of lies and unanswered whys, throttling feelings that Mouth refused to set free and let things be what they be. I’m sorry. You deserve a vacation. I’m going to have a sweet conversation with Me about it.

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Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags feelings, lies, rumination Leave a comment

Ruminote

Ruminote

thinking is a verb
already spoken word
heard by your heart and gut
leading you to this rut
but you’ve been breathing
weaving, working, wondering
this whole time
writing your own rhyme

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Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags rumination, thinking Leave a comment

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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Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags distraction, goodbyes, lies, one way street, rumination, satisfaction Leave a comment

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WORD: An Anthology by A Gathering of the Tribes

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Martha Cinader's books on Goodreads

Dreamscape: Real Dreams Really Make a Difference

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Oakland Out Loud Poetry and Prose in Celebration of 'There'

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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...

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The God of Small Things

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...

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Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood Volume 2

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

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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