Randy Brooks

afloat upright

in the lake

my chi

just below

the surface

—Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

rising bubbles

the off-course curves

of half-truths

—Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

an asterisk

a double asterisk

I am the one

who loves

your footnotes

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

back home

from voting

the forgotten chocolate

in my pocket

gone soft

Randy Brooks

life of a poet

raising a few

choice

words

in the garden
 

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

brothers

pestering each other

in the back seat

now fallen angels

both asleep

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

school shooting

friends in the woods

build a cairn

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

French Press

he gets full custody

of the coffee beans

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

rent overdue

locked out with nothing

but a comb-over

Randy Brooks

thick family Bible

she only keeps up

with births

Randy Brooks

warming up

the farmhouse kitchen

banana bread

Randy Brooks

not toy guns

not real guns

she wants nothing to do

with guns in her house

ever. again.

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

red button mushrooms

cheerful little fellas

on a rotting log


Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

red glitter shoes

one of her wishes

came true

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

walking down the stairs

between classes

phone zombies

Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

the bough breaks

good thing

I already

know

how to fly

Randy Brooks