Poetry: Thus Spake the Mockingbird

Thus Spake the Mockingbird –Barbara Hamby From Babel The mockingbird says, Hallelujah, coreopsis, I make the day      bright, I wake the night-blooming jasmine. I am the duodecimo of desperate love, the hocus-pocus passion      flower of delirious retribution. You never saw…

Poetry: Ode to My 1977 Toyota

Ode to My 1977 Toyota –Barbara Hamby From Babel Engine like a Singer sewing machine, where have you      not carried me-to dance class, grocery shopping, into the heart of darkness and back again? O the fruit      you’ve transported-cherries, peaches, blueberries,…

Poetry: Vex Me

Vex Me –Barbara Hamby From Babel Vex me, O Night, your stars stuttering like a stuck jukebox, put a spell on me, my bones atremble at your tabernacle of rhythm and blues. Call out your archers, chain me to a…

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