My Favorite H Words

Hubris, Hummus, Homicide, Hullabaloo, Huguenots, Hathaway, Halliday, Holysmokes, Hamtramck, Humdinger, Hoagie, Humphrey, Hairlip, Hopi, Harrumph, Hrududu, Hopscotch, Homebody, Hatchback, Hamstring, Hamhock, Hammock, Haversack

Extemporaneous Poetry

I write to solve

mysteries

I suppose, but what kind of

mysteries

are closed
behind those doors?

The doors of the mind, like the doors of the womb
the doors of your legs, the doors of a tomb

Are fast and firm and held shut tight
Like lock-and-key, no air, no light