Three Poems
Adam J. Maynard
POEM IN THE MORNING
The pink washing up liquid
Slides down the wall
The curtains move gently
In the most satisfactory fashion
Flowers wake suddenly
In the new warm sunlight
As a cobra in Nike sneakers glides by
Yellow sheets do their dance on the line
Apprehensive Apricots bobble on the bough
A little piece of chocolate begins to cry
As the shadows of leaves sway
Across green plastic panels
Skeletons in Nike Hi-Tops smoke cigarettes
Their caps turned backwards
Clothes have no feelings
Strawberries and cream
In blue denim jeans
Disappear down the lane
A Green leaf symphony
Plays out of the trees
A ballet of doors
Opening and closing
THE SKELLINGTONS
The Skellingtons smoke cigarettes
And drink cups of tea
The busy bumble bees
Are buzzing on the breeze
They elect a sock puppet for president
We witness
The great orange disc of the sun
Dropping below the horizon
Now we sit with The Skellingtons
In the churchyard (cups of tea again)
Gazing up at the moon
The very green
Very sad moon
NAPOLEON
This kitchen seems unfair
They’ll smash your dreams to pieces
Your face flying through the night
Everything in the trees singing
I hear the energy of the rain
Shake its soft blue hand
It’s like a pleasure emergency
Hug me when I’m on holiday
Like a big green entitled parrot
As if I were flying through the trees
We painted some really good pictures
Napoleon was there
He threw me back in to spring
I opened the door
To a Narwhal
Shivering on the porch
I was a sort of man
Holding a cartoon
Styrofoam cup of coffee
Adam J. Maynard lives in Oxford. His poetry has appeared in: Prelude, FENCE, SAND Journal, West Wind Review, Abraham Lincoln Magazine, Zembla, Purple, TANK, Neru Phuyt Magazine, Lamination Colony, LIT, Robot Melon, Pineapplewar, Spooky Boyfriend, New Wave Vomit, Kill Author, The Corduroy Mtn, Pangur Ban Party, Noo Journal, Red Lightbulbs, UP Literature, Housefire, and Horse Nihilist among others. His book of short fiction, Stumble, was published by Pulp Books. His chapbook, The Frogs, was published by Plain Wrap Press. Three Poems (printed at The Bodleian Bibliographical Press) was also recently published.