Poems of Small Play

the nations



italy

it always rains

vital maze runs

fight all may zebras

fly away to embrace


ghana

go on

glow undone

gallow dawn

go low go down


canada

came a day

candy

and die

another does


afghanistan

have gone again

of genders stand

off guns and

afraid to go inside


china

shy now

chin up

in the middle of the kingdom

churn now


mexico

mess and go

mix it so

medical

mind the soup


iraq

ire aches

ear asks

eye raw as

i react


jamaica

did you make it

does May come

jaw may because

you made care



france

for raw dance

if and then

far and see

forest answers


united states of america

untied stay for the fair

and try hay or another staircase

allied age offers air if it can

ash cries out and tears away


zaire

sigh air

arise staring

so high so fair

say i am here


england

and glad

glaze ending

in angel in law in land

rings and rises


argentina

silver and small

passion ties knots

or gentle in all

archways and streets laughing


australia

causes strain lie under

oh stradivarius lines

or straight leaves

a stair toward the south


spain

so pears in

aspic prevail

some span

so pain


belorus

below roars

boy lowers woods

be laughing be rushing

blow around us


germany

crunch or chant

picked blooming

gathered tree

there were so many


bolivia

bought lively way

bow light aviary

positively positively

beautiful darling


japan

stay open

jump in

jazz and is

one hundred year old lamp


portugal

blooming organ pipe

chimney and charcoal

fortune practical

for two women