Paterson-inspired Poems

A few Lines

Butterflies settle on her stone ear.

They flutter against her cheek.

She sits against a cool wall

in the warm spring sun.

Yellow flowers border the wall.

Wind blows, flower stems bend.

Butterflies scatter.

NOTE:  The first line (with pronoun change) is attributed to "Paterson" by William Carlos Williams.

The Movie

In the theater,

dark lights

and the rustle 

of a tissue as

tears fall.

Friends and Lovers

The story shows

people at the neighborhood bar, 

playing pool or chess.

Two lovers argue

in the dim corner.

Outside, and English bulldog

puts his paws on the sidewalk

and sleeps.

In the End

He opens the blank book

to small possibilities

written in pen.

The water falls

on the other side

of a rusty chain link fence.