This Side of Pin Hook

One of my students referenced a poem I’d written years ago. This led me to find that poem. Here’s another from that folder. Thank you Heidi.

Accountable

Even a slug
on a window
leaves a mark.

–Sukany 9 Dec 2012

El Dorado Springs

Quarters of great riches
wealth on display, walking
streets, treasure hunting
adoring the pearl of great price

–Todd Sukany 20 Mar 2016

In First Grade

the complexities of adult life
manifest themselves
in any assignment.

After a kicker,
worth over three million dollars,
a season,

misses hard to the left,
kicking his team out of the playoffs,
Tommy understands

and sends his marker-soaked reminder,
“Keep on trying.  Puppys are cute.”

–Todd Sukany 14 Jan 2016

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000621881/article/minnesota-firstgraders-write-letters-to-blair-walsh

I get email commercials from a well-known “news” source.  They show one of their many cartoons in the ad.  I had to write this one down and preserve the memory.

Front-Page Stuff

I snicker, mass-media cartoonist,
as you set a being in whom you don’t believe

on the shoulder of one you wish to smear,
believing you follow neither.

–Todd Sukany 09 Dec 2015