Crg Hill's poetry scorecard

Nor Endergetic, Amen

 

Not as thimble as I used to be

So and so what, thread bare

I crawled out of mourning this bed

drumming up, dreaming, cessations

 

I thought were sensations

that up on a stage of lying

down, down-sizing, impending dormancy

why the words are missing

 

How the names once knew

When I forget I forgot

That creek in my back

trickled backward as if time

 

were a park in the walk

as if space were a dunce in the sun

Waiting for Storms

 

State of the state

that waits and doesn’t wait

for unstable air to spin

dryline crashing cold front

wedged up by warm, wet gulf

air, to rotate and roar

 

All day today I a transplant

stayed weather aware and waited

cat carriers ready, passport

close-toed shoes, phone and computer

charged, monitoring tv, local

and national, while trying to work

 

PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation)

tornado watch, wind sheer

mezzo-cyclone, scud, upflow

long-track, large event

storm-tracker, golf-ball-

baseball-, softball- sized hail

 

Seek shelter below ground

or with as many walls you can put

between you, the storm, and the waiting

From 62-80

   

- "I hate saying my age."

 

The earliest age

at which a person may begin

receiving retirement benefits

 

The year of JFK’s assassination

minus 1900

 

The square root is 8

 

Common speed limit

on expressways in many US states

 

Ray Nitschke’s number

 

The nineteenth prime number

 

MLK’s assassination

minus 1900

 

Oh you do on me

what I do on you

 

West to east

Cove Fort, UT

to Woodlawn, MD

 

“It is a general principle

of human nature

that a man will be interested

in whatever he possesses”

 

The upper end of room temperature

 

1940 NFL Championship Game

Bears beat Redskins

 

The atomic number of tungsten

 

The year I graduated high school

minus 1900

 

“God is renowned in Judah”

 

Talking Heads debut album

 

The total number of gifts

in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

 

A sexy prime

 

Around the world

Prepare to be Handcuffed

 

So this was my Sunday:

take a room on floors 3-5,

too high for intruders,

low enough for first responders.

 

Make certain the door’s solid,

no scratches at the lock,

and make sure the room’s

not near the emergency exit.

 

Crouch because ricocheting bullets

hug the floor, but lay down

in explosions, feet toward the blast,

because shrapnel rises.

 

Don’t enter packed subway cars,

but also avoid empty cars.

Remain calm and maintain dignity

in hostage situations.

 

Eat the food no matter

how poor the quality.

Establish a daily routine,

exercise and sleep and engage

 

in dialogue with your captors.

In an active shooter event

don’t offer to help first responders.

Always keep your hands visible.