Glen Kappy Poems

from 'While Passing Through'/Summer

Bees on Russian Sage—
me sweeping ground beneath them—
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On vacation in Spain
I have time
to contemplate my forearms
where abundant hair
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from "Curious Creatures"

Labor Day morning
and now when I would be at school
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He risks a comment to her
(thinks her beautiful
with her fine features
clear skin without makeup
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from "Curious Creatures"

August afternoon.
Our cat who wanted in
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from "While Passing Through"/Spring

O Purple Iris,
all my ache for your beauty
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from "While Passing Through"/Fall

Fall—but not fall—
few leaves have dropped or yellowed—
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In the pre-dawn dark
I pass a side door in my house—
the one with cut-outs at the top
in sunburst pattern—
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from "While Passing Through"/Summer

Bumble bee—in stripes—
no thief nor greedy working
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