Paulines and Paulisms

Seventh Thing Love How The poem dances on tippy toes Hearing upbeat sounds of jazzy notes Ever chasing after newfound happiness On movements breaking earthshaking ground Down to the rising shoe size of the one Entrusted with becoming wise and fun by Paul Hsu 11-17-17

Sixth Thing Love How The poem takes two first steps Happy to be with two feet Ever after father time On the sidewalk not the street Daring to climb up the steps Even with rhythm and rhyme by Paul Hsu 11/16-17/17

The Same Trees My grandfather and his brother planted a row of trees over half a century ago becoming shade for pedestrians and students on the sidewalk to and from school My grandfather and his brother lived as next door neighbors for so many years until sickness and bad health came around with old age and prevented things from staying the same trees I am told in passing by the winds of many changes still stand in service as shade yesterday and today by Paul Hsu 11-6-17

Song of Threes Which child sees The smiling leaves Wildly on the trees? Bunny sees The funny leaves Running through the trees. Snake Eyes sees The faking leaves Shaking in the trees. Monkey sees The funky leaves Junkyard by the trees. How revealing the knees And the leaves Of the trees Feeling the deep sea breeze. by Paul Hsu 11-2-17

Poetic Practice My son points at things: Moving things with wheels, Flying things with wings, Falling head on heels. by Paul Hsu 11-1-17

Strange I contain Multitudes Poetics of Resistance Imagine good Newsmakers Tongues of flame by Paul Hsu 10-5-17

Poet Tree Song Jesus grows light red hair On the highway to Tucson Streets with no name Hospitality where U2 plays as one tonight All of us here for someone by Paul Hsu 10-1-17

Clouds Love poems All kinds of Mindfulness Bookshelf grace In blue skull Eyes plus ears Sheepish shapes by Paul Hsu 9-23-17

Strange It was news but not good news Mind's eyes free form endless knots Perhaps time is nobody Running out of reading rooms In such a hurry too late Nights laughing with humorists Tracking world record rumors by Paul Hsu 9/16-18/17

Fifth Thing Love How The poem growls and barks Howls in the hungry dark Ears humming at the sound Of one coming around Down the hall to the door Eager to eat out and explore by Paul Hsu 6/27-28/17

Fourth Thing Love How The poem crawls Holds up the ball Eyes what has fallen Onto the ground Dimples and frowns Eats all things newfound by Paul Hsu 6-26-17

To Neil Sung Christ conquers sin and death. Hebrews' heroes of faith Are great; but Jesus like Melchizedek is high Priest. Perfect mediator. Israel's superior. Old covenant: sacrifice and offering. New covenant: joy and suffering. by Paul Hsu 5-22-17

Kingdom of Dreams and Madness Under the streetlamp Miyazaki waits for the cat Bus to pick up the children Rain drops on damp leaves Echoes of the deep time Lost and found in puddles Love the forest and the trees At last refuge for lost children by Paul Hsu 4/29-30/17

Butterfly My daughter's favorite word One little fluttering thing Notebook of rainbows A migrant rainstorm sprouts wings Reforms north and south Chrysalis calls this wildlife Hidden kingdom of flowers by Paul Hsu 4/27-28/17

Dawn Readership Remember me On the third day Sorrow and joy End up together As best friends lovers Teammates networking Enemies of the hate state by Paul Hsu 4/20-21/17

Owl Below the oldest On the forest floor Runs the snowshoe hare Escapes the vole's fate Atop stands the ghost Listen locate wait by Paul Hsu 4-21-17

Morality Power Plays The king of kings makes church split history Youth groups following footprints in the sand Rocky foundation cracks first cast as stones Against enemies of the warship band Never mind dog piles of cat and mouse bones The burning house of camp deaths and misery by Paul Hsu 4-19-17

Wow Galaxies of starfish notes Unsung swim strummed string by string Instrumental vibrating To stardust and sailboats An alchemical emotion Rising and falling the ocean by Paul Hsu 4-17-17

Springtime What wonder in the world Is going on birdsong Nests among branches wronged Dovetails the broken whole On poets reading lives Word by bird love arrives by Paul Hsu 4-14-17

Cat Poems scribbled on paper napkins Inside April's basket of trade secrets Crafted beer cookies and fish sandwiches Nights before the honeybee moonrise I visit April's kitchen to her surprise Can you believe the news Mr. Pumpkins by Paul Hsu 4/6-8/17

My Neighbor The earth moves beneath cat bus feet Over farmland past country roads The forest spirit sounds fast asleep On a bed of children's dreams and leaves Rustling and subsiding On the way home the children singing by Paul Hsu 4/3-5/17

Nobody Knew It was badly done Sorry child the west was won Love not the stranger Alien and foreigner Not the one we face Death a hangman in our place by Paul Hsu 4-2-17

Opening Day Baseball's first pitch lands Over Arizona's wall Where migrants play catch To save enough time In hopes of making it Even if it is a dream by Paul Hsu 4-1-17

Third Thing Love How The poem rises way up High like the hot air balloon Elevator to the sky On the shoulders of the makers Destined for full human freedom Enter the secret code cloud city by Paul Hsu 3-31-17

Second Thing Love How The poem cries Has wet puppy Eyes rocks and rolls Over tummy time Dives with fingertips Eagle happy grips by Paul Hsu 3-29-17

First Thing Love How The poem opens Hearts and minds Earbuds and eyelids Opens up the womb Doors past darkrooms Entranced by flashlight by Paul Hsu 3-27-17