Polls: A Haiku
November 3, 2024
Near-half want me dead.
It was all a joke they said.
Love pulls just ahead.
No Comment
Undecided
October 29, 2024
I’ve been staring at the wall for hours,
wondering why the paint won’t peel off,
what’s holding the plaster together.
America
October 19, 2024
My son and I spent weeks assembling
a Lego car, 3,000 bricks of hard plastic
intricately connected to form a whole.
After Dropping off My Son at Kindergarten: A Villanelle
October 18, 2024
The adults hurry to their cars as the bell rings,
the crossing guard sips his water, takes off his vest:
Today the children will read of warriors and kings…
Signs of Life
October 14, 2024
When you have run out of courage;
when every day is a loaded gun
and your hand is not on the trigger;
when you have given all you have
to give and still disaster looms;
Worries
October 13, 2024
Like the pile of books on my nightstand,
like the ever-falling leaves
in the yard,
my worries accumulate.
All The Things That Immigrants Are: A Haiku
October 11, 2024
Lazy job-stealers,
pet-eaters, storm-profiteers:
Immigrants are Gods.
Half
October 2, 2024
Lately it seems I am doing everything by half.
Half-hearing the morning warble of Robins,
the gunshot-terror of the morning news.
Meditations on the Moon
September 29, 2024
The moon, cold and pockmarked and hard,
is not dainty.
The moon belches starlight,
has no gender.
Ode to the Last Dollop
September 15, 2024
You may think it inconsequential that an empty
tube of toothpaste is not, if pressed, empty,
but has more to give of itself. You may prefer
odes to lofty ideas, or nature, or love…
About Me
Andy Posner
I am the Founder & CEO of Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit social venture seeking to tackle poverty through financial services. I am also a writer, poet, cyclist, and avid reader. Enjoy my blog!