Planning December by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Planning December starts from the Chanukah cards:they are the notes to say,"May your heart be full of light. I love you." The prisoners are the missing ones:the splurge does not touch them,and they are unable to sit...

The Core Family by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The core of our family is Paula and the kids:the masculine spirit is present inthe guidelines ofMr. Wittgenstein,Mr. Kaczynski,and John the Baptist. Some big boys have tried to humiliate andpunish ussince they are not the kings ofthe...

The Best Sins for Sundays by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] America is full of weapons.Yet, people don't know how to handle them:the substitutes for cocks. I'm sick and tired of seeing the pictures ofthe bandana bimbos posing with the shotguns:they wouldn't even hit the barn door. I'm...

Halloween Wrappers by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Fold me into your heart, "you old fart,"and squeeze me like "George LeBay" would squeeze a girlin the backseat of Christine,the killer car. From "Tree" to "Shark,"from Fraggles to the Gelflings:on Halloween, Jim Henson's universe celebrates happy...

Jokerman by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The memories of yellow- of kindness and mercy -are the memories of you, my friend.Soft clouds underfoot you roamed around likeJokerman from Bob Dylan's song.Now, the ghosts of borrowed shoes arethe ones keeping company withthis Puss in...