I kept being alarmed by the language of a “reporter,” interviewing athletes who have trained and have proven themselves to be the very elite in their discipline. I was able to sleep after jotting this interpretation of “skill.”
#MicheleTafoya
While interviewing
Michael and Lilly,
two athletes
at the top of the world,
you missed another
Twitter post:
#pleasereturn
#longlines
#JerrySpringer-retires
–Todd Sukany 08 Aug 2016
Etiquette
Two orange t-shirts,
in their fifties,
occupy a corner booth
designed for six,
share belch after belch
for our noon meal.
–Todd Sukany 16 May 2016
directly after
the storm passed, firmament
like shells on sidewalk
–Todd Sukany 12 May 2016
Fog covers the pond
like PC language. Patience,
message of the sun.
–Todd Sukany 03 May 2016
Two Turtles
pile onto the road
slowly at first before they
stop at my shadow
–Todd Sukany 24 Apr 2016
Haiku #58 (by some count)
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
I love writing poetry as a response to things I find entering my eyes while reading. Often, I try to press those thoughts into some type of universal. Hope I made it happen here.
Profundity
Every life is the best life.
The beginning, middle,
post-adolescence,
adulthood. The Best.
I know this because
I have this one life
and I am living it.
–Todd Sukany 19 Feb 2016
I was trying to post a poem to a forum earlier this morning and the site’s advertising rested above the header (impossible to avoid). I tried to reconcile its message with the PC world of editorial comments. Alas, this is the best I can do.
walking a runway
Victoria’s Secret bares
a bust of color
–Todd Sukany 23 Jan 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
