marlene mountain
one-line linked haiku
mm links
[w/francine porad & kris kondo]
1999-present

 

TRIO OF WRENS

3
renhewn
chip factories now in the southeast all the better to clear-cut
silt and fertilizer capture the creek
renspittoon
i’d rather the grad students swiped malcolm than his spittoon
his courtesy a plastic sprite bottle into the house
renballoon
the kids take in their own air and talk funnier
released into nature hundreds of colorful and tempting inedibles
renpontoon
american divisions whether a fast or slow boat to china or none
if it hasn’t an engine it fits the water
rencocoon
preying mantis egg case an opening
mixed feelings as the monarch caterpillar’s new home’s devoured
renbestrewn
george w’s ‘this is a nation of laws not guns’ another ‘say what?’
on a breeze in non-suburbia dandelion puffs

4
renmaroon
why take anything to the deserted island hardly deserted
bear signs near the garden the pickup doors left open
renimmune
unable to distance myself from the troubles and joys of the world
weaker and weaker our immune systems
rentycoon
will representative tom delay be taken down too
take-over after take-over after take-over the buck never stops
rencartoon
nancy and slugo does anyone remember what that was about
oh good grief linda tripp’s back in the news
renmacaroon
i’m glad hilary didn’t stay home and bake cookies
if the snack seems a bit stale just spread on the peanut butter
renharpoon
just inside my head it’s been a breaking news kind of day
violent weapons proudly considered phallic

5
rencommune
after links to the ‘other wrens’ i gravitate toward the chickadees
mother nature and me
renimpugn
the ‘crossfire’ program switched off the other side too dang dumb
some who hated my early paintings still do
renmoon
was the world asked if americans could defile earth’s only moon
so odd to live by a natural lunar calendar
renJune
everyone seems on the go i’m on the stay
father’s day unlike don i would love to have those years back
renmonsoon
after a short cloudburst the sun pours back into the garden rocks
neighbor & midwife cindy on a bulldozer in the river
renbassoon
to be in vivaldi’s spring on koto forever
i prefer seventy-six bassoons over all those trombones

6
renstone
whatever i need in the garden nature provides
oops pardon me salamander may i borrow your cozy rock
reninkstone
kenichi’s visit ‘beware of mountain crone’ in ink and acrylic
red from a winn-dixie pen my poems
renthrone
oh for a straw bale studio to view from my world
female the most ancient of thrones particularly a seated birthing
renchaperone
warned by a drunken couple right ahead i slept into a big mistake
3’s a crowd a ménage à trois discussion on loveline*
*mtv program
renmicrophone
out of character on stage i teach the ‘feminazis’ a way to ‘cuntata’
from loud to soft the bastard out of carolina*
*talk by dorothy allison on her book
rendisown
after the shock the pleasure of being disowned because of my art
unable to view films with heston or wayne or reagan

7
renovergrown
yes i think you should mow your mom’s lawn
kudzu vines overtake the trees on the net a 4-foot piece at $10
renxylophone
from the looks of it ten hands on the marimba player
fake smiles bubble from lawrence welk’s orchestra
renpostpone
much of my life on hold while i help nature make dirt
no kidding when i think of my hair i picture a metal leaf rake
renthrown
scattered along the country road debris from downtown
unhit a jaw thrown out of joint
renunknown
nothing for sure about tomorrow though i hope to get up early
she wants to go to heaven for the streets of gold
rentelephone
a call to the tv station re masturbation phone ads they're off now
denwa as he runs to my house i get to say moshi moshi

8
rencurbstone
on a curb in front of the wonder bread building: no loafing*
cement sloped to the street a politically-correct afterthought
*photographed in Oklahoma City
renmoonstone
so far so good no moonstones discovered on the moon
no jewelry not even a watch
renbackbone
i guess she’ll finish her life strong-willed against those who think
spring morning no spirit for cleaning
rencone
when it comes to memory put a dunce cap on it
somehow all the way through school without a geometry course
renloan
2 of the home away from home paintings back w/o curtains & rods
everything we’ve got just borrowed like our time
rencologne
fake odors for every part of the body and house the smell of money
aftershave hangs in the darkened room


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