Friday, October 31, 2014

Had his initial


Had his initial
Collision
On constant
Rotation
And again
If possible
Traveled with
His chromosome
Nearly a thousand
Years old
And wanted
To know what
Real people
Really
Remember best

This picture rings
Deep in my head














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

An amazing grouping


An amazing grouping
Of moving works
Always in style
Finally discovers
My class

I missed the question
Are these books fair?

Unfortunate for some
This setting was placed
Freely for them
A case
For polychromy

Just how distant
Valued
A favorite
Early work
Forcibly removed

Here’s a story
Teach














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

The fastest growing


The fastest growing
Community says
A vast conspiracy
Has done had
The good fortune

At best
We could
Recollect

The world’s longest
Crescendo
Sounds so much
Like an event

Unless you were in
The first five rows
Different kinds of riots
Bleed together













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

I would recommend


I would recommend
Going out of state
The same mouthful
Of vinegar
Has its own
Fingerprinted
Energy

Things are being
Put away
And areas cleaned
There are only
Two or three
Beloved stories

I took along
The East River
Highways exist
Somehow
Outside of us

There is no
Competition
Even in art















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Out of glee (after Plath)


Out of glee
Full present
Cozy corners
Cozier huts
Newt inspired
With- slithered, open
Sinner and peasant
Clasped, licentious fingered
Magic and common lightly

If by such care
Would caress and love
The intimate, examined
Unwinding cuffs
All spirit freed
And muscled
No black dog
Returned from swamp
The languid muck
Of the devil’s village
And heaven’s gate

Unbridle
Run there
A sinner slacks
His mending hands
Self- healing
His wounds
Once red
Sacred of hell
Dry, without thorns
And downy felt
Not pestered arms

Run there happy
Un-kinged
Gathering the soft
And gentle vanquished
Bring thanks to the river
Horse- forded
And whole
A boy could immerse
Head back to the sky

Unsettled
Present idiots
Frowning at inaction
Free the enemy
Sloppily by faith in air
Loose held as the unborn
God who mourns
Skinned wines
And river dregs














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

The material rewards


The material rewards
My teeth
Have been
Did
Which is
To say
To produce
International forces
To help me
Get a handle
On this
American life












Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

They say


They say
They are fuzzy
Reproductions

To exist
These decades
Continue
To meet
With students
Thumbs up

Below
The poverty line
My front door
Has to be
A first time
For everything













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

We should note


We should note
This is why
The shift
The magic
Conversation
Is proud
To announce
Not only you
But every one
All
Around you

Little was well
Known too
This narrow lens
Neither parasite
Nor predator
Whose crime
Was in
Possession














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014










Sunday, October 26, 2014

Mind at


Mind at
A given
Moment
Sure
Sounds simple
Enough
But would
Be over
The top
Without
A tissue
To dismantle
The spire













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Friday, October 24, 2014

How well


How well
Do you know
I own no rights

Any single
Household
Defeated us
As citizens

Next time
You are lying
In the grass
Focus on
The movement
Generally people
Talked about

We hope
To see
You there












Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Boiling potatoes


Boiling potatoes
Sound of rain
On the roof
Outside of supper

Quiet ship
House
The sea returns
In puddles

A tree flirts
At the window
Against it’s nature

Feet notwithstanding
Kindle these
In protest













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Sunday, October 19, 2014

All very well


All very well
Accord to necessity
Doubles up

Simple can’t
Afford to be
Two persons
Lucky to have
This need

Who never found
Anything felt
Like this
Before

The bog iron
Has run out

Fresh-faced
Silver tangs
Haft this speech
Split to hear













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Cobbled into


Cobbled into
Online courses
Modest and chic
I don’t even
Half the words
Crowded
In the dark

Those who moan
Are not too concerned
The whole world’s
Collective mind
Is about
Being blown

Speak up
You who first
Introduced me
As family










Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Friday, October 17, 2014

Once they start


Once they start
Working
The real
Threat
To hovering
Through life
The noble wish
It would come to
An abrupt end

Death came
As a result
Of bad choice
No longer invited

Popular
Assemblies
Created
At best
A ruptured
Poor relation
Used to be
In more regular
Contact

Factions have
Retreat
Into querulous summer
Winter travels
Beyond campfire
Conversation













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Truly going


Truly going
To miss
Sooner
Rather than
Later

A wish
To thank you
Back safely
No wish
To attack
Those we would
Defend

I’ve seen this
Done before
Remarkably
All produced
At once
A parking space
Tightly hidden














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Here’s a great


Here’s a great
Aerial perspective
On child actors
What create
Doll faces
Restored
Unlike
A post card
I received

Unfortunately
For those
Wishing to
Purchase tickets
When I understand
My enemy
Enough
The Super Bowl
Is open for business


I saw this cartoon
A couple of months ago
Way after the disappearance
Authored to lift readers
Out of their seats















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Please come


Please come
On down
I learned
As much
As I could
Brooding
Instrumental

Remind me
To wish you
A series of
Late nights
And long

Have they had
Special appeal
Given their maker’s
Lack of knowledge ?

Theses are also
Appropriations

The controversy
To date
Has tolled us
Nothing













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Just, an impression


Just, an impression
Of individual freedom
What my acting
Ought therefore
To ask itself

Hence
Also made public
A limited edition
Goes
Totally left

A local context
Turns
There are activists
Here
I wonder
And lament
What we have
Clearance of
A level
Of coolness















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014

Interested


Interested
In a lifelong
Career
Is older
And complains
Constantly

Apparent
Is truly a break
In realty

Precisely on
Finding
A more singular
Faith
Nixed the idea
After
Some research

All my futures
Lectured
Have embarked
On a question
Pain staked













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Saturday, October 11, 2014

It cloaks


It cloaks
The whole thing
Well guess
We don’t
Loose anything
This cruel practice
Through eyeballs
Is way too longing
For brutal objects
Of will













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Try to climb


Try to climb
The heal
Of a city
Divide

Press hold
All questions
When they begin
To heat up
Immensely

Rest in peace
We are here
To help you
With those tests

I’m leaving

The safety
Of my coffee shop
Barely exists
Thank you, brother
For coming
To the opening














Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Business circles


Business circles
Original
And small works
How much more
Exposed can
They be?

Spongy
With blood
Another
Trying to break
The uncrossable
Erase
This uncollected
Tone of mine
Drives like
It stole
At midnight

While heating
A missionary seal
Sheer coldness
Mobile
Suspected none
So full
Of messenger

I will send
More detail
As countless
Links













Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Monday, October 6, 2014

Repeated efforts


Repeated efforts
To arrange
What helped
Make that possible
My walk home
Lost its nerve
And dynamited
Resemblance
Obviously parochial

One of my favorite treats
Can't wait to show off
An open-ended quality
Chalky white
And ducted
By some sense
Of personality
Dulled out
And doesn't care
For serious readers

Every little thing
Depicts what
I remind myself
Is a feat
Of engineering
As if they were still
Alive












Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Sunday, October 5, 2014

A better vantage


A better vantage
There is one
Constant

Where does
This sound

The houses
Didn't burn
As we hoped

You can always
Complex topics

What do your eyes mean?
















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Through these

 
Through these
Ramble draped
Woody vines
Uttering stuttering
Flashback trails
Bedraggling shagbark
Hickory trunks
Abiding midst
The Shawangunks

















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Friday, October 3, 2014

Baldering over


Baldering over
Ledgy- cracked
A shifty song
Comes waftering

Night shaded
And me, taught out
Is foldering off
Me flickery lights
Be they cricketing
Late to sockets

Plaint evening
Comes a shifty song
Baldering, ledgy- cracked
Smells of winter
Mustering

Not yet cold
But gathering
Anklet-gripped
And waftering
Over plaints
Over sleep
Over song
















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Shinned shimmy


Shinned shimmy
Down tree
Cherry wood
And sassafras
Barking
Young snout
September scent
Curling

Heavy the skies
Withholding
And weighty were
The layered earths
Yet giving

Sore- treaded
Gloomy student
Kicks
Upthrown leaves
Unstitched
Primer autumn















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014







What is that


What is that
Structure
Like tower

If protected
Then those
Who hovel
Won't build
Their own

I thought it was
This year
That
Everything 
We have scaled
Grows dizzy

You cannot know
Where it will land




















Tom McGlynn
copyright 2014