colinflower

From now on

2011-05-18T22:57:00.001-06:00

This blog has been resurrected as a tumblr. No offense, blogger.

October 21, 2010

2010-10-21T22:50:00.000-06:00

Ante Meridiem

Pink, wrinkled driver
pasty, fleshy vehicle
iced satin highway.

October 18, 2010

2010-10-18T22:50:00.002-06:00

Mindless Behavior

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sdıɥsuoıʇɐןǝɹ ןnɟƃuıuɐǝɯ
˙ǝʌoן˙˙˙ʎʇǝıɔos

October 15, 2010

2010-10-15T16:13:00.005-06:00

Fall Into the…

"Don't use comic sans…"
"OMG, not PAPYRUS!!!"
"…the new Gap logo…"

June 27, 2010

2010-06-27T21:23:00.004-06:00

All Mine!

A subtle genius
(sartorially speaking—
and otherwise too).

Three hundred credits,
four minors and a major!
And there's more to come.

Speaking in public
"emperor's new clothes"
olive face: olive.

Weather won rites, like:
"men rape one in five women"
heel go know farther.

P.M.S. knowledge
more than the designer has,
more than the printer has.

Like the prettiest
of all the tropical birds,
she'll be turning blue.

Pi (3.14)
Golden ratio (1.6)
Her (5.89)

Go ask anyone
(who enjoys all the wrong songs):
"isn't she ugly?"

Buying her the world
would do nothing compared to
writing a letter.

I am all alone
until I feel that buzzing.
They are all alone.

Running in Lascaux
while relaxing in Nha Trang
is personified.

Even if I wed
a best-friend conglomerate,
I'd be left wanting.

Matrimony with
an entire stadium
sans polygamy.

Like if the army
was pretty and okay with
sharing the power.

When played all at once
her formula for tears scores
sixty and four points.

We were invited,
but we took a secret oath
and then turned it down.

My dear teacher of
natural conversation,
the art of 'shaka'.

Their names are picked out,
but Jasper and Exhilda's
diet is unclear.

Thank you, Obama.
Pre-existing condition:
all facial features.

Long natural hair
vital organs are still dyed
every other week.

Not eschew the things
certain to tear swell and flush—
buy, feed, and name them.

Record setting heat.
Meteorologists stunned,
scientists baffled.

March 11, 2009

2010-03-11T20:38:00.005-07:00

Displacement

Possibility:
the ice-caps are not melting,
we're getting fatter.

February 17, 2010

2010-02-17T09:05:00.003-07:00

Empathy for Christopher Owens in Salt Lake City

I feel how you felt
when I listened to the new
Yeasayer album.

February 11, 2010

2010-02-11T17:59:00.003-07:00

Dream Job

I'll find success when
I capture the essence of
old women, running.

February 7, 2010

2010-02-07T13:51:00.005-07:00

Emotion Meter

When I feel happy,
I (secluded) sing and yell
like when I am sad.

January 19, 2010

2010-01-19T13:04:00.004-07:00

State of the Nation

We live in a time
where grapes and grape flavoring
are not similar.

If something is sour,
then we can dye it yellow
and call it "lemon."

January 10, 2010

2010-01-10T14:57:00.003-07:00

Sociopath (?)

It felt cold in here,
so I opened the window
and took off my clothes.

December 29, 2009

2009-12-29T16:47:00.005-07:00

Semi-annual Harmonies

Facing the ceiling
the drill plays to the tune of
Toto's "Africa."

Floss Rock

Gums slowly bleeding,
she flosses me to the beat
of "Dust in the Wind."

"Adult Contemporary"

"That will sound better,"
he thought, "with somebody's hands
inside of your mouth."

December 20, 2009

2009-12-20T15:31:00.002-07:00

Recession

If time is money,
you would think we would slow down,
cause we're wasting it.

If money is time,
shouldn't we spend it on things
we enjoy doing?

December 6, 2009

2009-12-06T21:18:00.003-07:00

Either

You're always lying,
plastic bib clipped 'round your neck
your mouth open wide.

Or

You're always standing,
with overly-tan fingers
inside someone's mouth.

But

Can't you be sitting,
ready to suck the drool out
and to hand him tools?

November 28, 2009

2009-11-28T21:55:00.001-07:00

Habit

I procrastinate—
just until something bigger
needs to be put off.

November 28, 2009

2009-11-28T20:49:00.004-07:00

Futuristic

I want to be like
Usher's sweaty wife beater,
thrown into the crowd.

I want to be like
spelling a five-letter word
(but not the word "their").

I want to be like
night-skiing at Park City
every single night.

November 20, 2009

2009-11-20T17:16:00.003-07:00

Desired

Come along with me!
Let's remember we're alive
by jumping off things.

Let's outrun our legs.
Let's put ourselves in harm's way.
Let's skin our elbows.

Don't apply pressure.
Let it get on your clothes. You're
bleeding evidence.

November 20, 2009

2009-11-20T01:53:00.004-07:00

Imago

It was dark (and warm)
inside my cocoon, and then
I emerged: a moth.

Bernardine

So lonely (and cold)
underground. Forced imago,
and you feel the same.

Prairie Fire Collective

So scary (and hard)
changing. You can feel the same—
revise the approach.

November 15, 2009

2009-11-15T14:20:00.004-07:00

Twitter

If I could just think
thoughts that were one sentence long,
people would read them.

November 12, 2009

2009-11-12T20:33:00.004-07:00

Collab

by eric c cottrell
You are what you eat.
So what if I nibble ears?
I'm only human.

by me
We are what we eat.
Does nib'ling each others' ears
make us cannibals?

by me
You are what you eat.
So on the month's first Sunday
I'm a righteous ghost.

by eric c cottrell
He, a cannibal,
they called him an animal.
Are you what you eat?

by eric c cottrell
"You are what you eat,"
said the wise man. He then said,
"Hi, I'm bologna."

by me
I am what I eat.
So after the big breakup
she's right, I'm nothing.

November 4, 2009

2009-11-04T19:08:00.002-07:00

Temperature Mask

Thankful for the cold.
It also makes my eyes red,
red and watery.

November 4, 2009

2009-11-04T18:57:00.002-07:00

Honest Mistake

Platinum lining
is sometimes mistaken for
a silver lining.

November 2, 2009

2009-11-02T21:20:00.003-07:00

Post-Hardcore Visual Acuity

Most think otherwise,
but love is twenty-twenty,
and hindsight is blind.

October 28, 2009

2009-10-28T16:30:00.003-06:00

The Only Downside to Popularity

The more friends you have,
the less you can pick your nose
anonymously.

October 27, 2009

2009-10-27T19:18:00.003-06:00

Halloween: Lofty Goals

Slutty is easy,
but sluttily creative
can be a challenge.

September 9, 2009

2009-09-09T15:35:00.002-06:00

Narcolepsy

Too sleepy to sit,
but too hot to stand outside.
I effing hate school.

September 9, 2009

2009-09-09T01:32:00.003-06:00

Fall Semester

Cold for a summer,
a stack of books in my arm.
Ends the reply, "… too."

September 6, 2009

2009-09-06T08:24:00.002-06:00

Wants and Needs

Finally, paths meet.
After the blissful junction
is just a tightrope.

August 4, 2009

2009-08-17T18:13:00.004-06:00

Shake Shack

In so few places
is the unhealthier choice
vegetarian.

August 3, 2009

2009-08-11T19:36:00.004-06:00

Twenty Days

Knowing that shortly
you'll be flying to heaven's
not planned suicide.

August 2, 2009

2009-08-11T19:20:00.003-06:00

Uneasy

...and depressed I cry:
"can I be the Sahara
for my xerocole?"

August 1, 2009

2009-08-11T18:54:00.003-06:00

Love/Skiing

The fear of approach
is conquered by the sheer thrill
once you're in the air.

in this photo: my best friend Benjamin Fairbanks Naylor
photo by: my best friend Weston Edwards

July 31, 2009

2009-08-11T18:41:00.004-06:00

Personal

It's universal,
so I thought, to have neighbors.
Here, they're more than that.

art by mr bingo

July 30, 2009

2009-08-05T19:56:00.003-06:00

Thirst

From the low fountain
shoots colder, sweeter water—
well worth the hard work.

July 29, 2009

2009-08-05T19:44:00.005-06:00

Linen Pants on Windy Days

Murdered by pants— wait!
I forgot they were linen!
I'm just in heaven...

photo by NOAA (oldest photo of a tornado)

July 28, 2009

2009-08-03T22:26:00.004-06:00

Ambiguity, Unexplained

What's a man to do
when words contradict themselves?
Like the word "adult".

July 27, 2009

2009-08-03T22:19:00.003-06:00

Salad Days

Nine o'clock pm,
your head on my arm, eyes closed,
we look back, and laugh

July 26, 2009

2009-08-03T22:08:00.002-06:00

Quiet Night

When you feel nothing,
you're probably either dead
or swimming naked.

July 25, 2009

2009-08-03T21:56:00.005-06:00

2000

I'd like to spend life
like the warm nights of my youth,
but she'd be there too.

photo by the Jackdaws

July 24, 2009

2009-08-02T22:59:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday Utah

Science will tell us:
all bubbles are spherical
except for Utah.

July 23, 2009

2009-08-01T20:55:00.001-06:00

No Offense

I'd plug my phone in,
but she's in Prague, who would call?
I don't want to talk.

July 22, 2009

2009-07-29T19:01:00.001-06:00

Ex-summers

Sofa, carpet, bed-
bleached and funky and colder
from my wet swimsuit.

July 21, 2009

2009-07-28T21:30:00.005-06:00

It's Never Too Late

Angelic voices
from the busts of perfection.
Never outdated.

July 20, 2009

2009-07-28T20:00:00.001-06:00

Animals

Yelling at their own,
on the grounds of "ignorance,"
ashamed of their form.

Veganarchists

The sole difference?
There's no reason to hate cows,
because they eat grass.

Precedence

Think of what fervor
they would employ to picket
carnivore cafés!

July 19, 2009

2009-07-28T19:33:00.004-06:00

Confide

These young men take "the
shrillest highs and lowest lows"
to "such great [new] heights."

July 18, 2009

2009-07-27T21:44:00.002-06:00

Who's Walking Who?

Is there an instance
where our intentions become
what we think we are?

July 17, 2009

2009-07-27T21:37:00.002-06:00

E-emotion

Things were going well,
and then you got an email
with a big fat :)

July 16, 2009

2009-07-27T21:04:00.003-06:00

"Sweat"

And when you say "sweat"
you mean sink faucet-esque pores?
'cause that's what I mean.

side note: good news

July 15, 2009

2009-07-27T20:56:00.004-06:00

The Recession

Popularity
of tight pants increases, while
thieves look for purses.

July 14, 2009

2009-07-25T09:15:00.003-06:00

Some Days

On the grey, wet days,
the elevator's broken,
and the subway's late.

Some Days (con't)

But rain poured that day
you resisted sleep and found
mutuality.

July 13, 2009

2009-07-23T21:59:00.002-06:00

Love/Hate relationship

New York is a dream:
my mind is up as I sleep.
but not wandering.

July 12, 2009

2009-07-23T21:53:00.002-06:00

The New New York

Both the "work Colin"
and "work is over Colin"
just moved to New York.

July 11, 2009

2009-07-23T21:43:00.004-06:00

Mobile Home

So I close my eyes—
and what appears before me
I wouldn't call "dark".

photo by NASA

July 10, 2009

2009-07-23T21:09:00.001-06:00

New Yolk

On the contrary,
the deep green yolk belongs to
the world's freshest egg.

July 9, 2009

2009-07-19T21:52:00.004-06:00

It Can't Be

There is no such thing,
as far as I am concerned,
as a lil' smokey.

July 8, 2009

2009-07-19T21:28:00.005-06:00

Amateur Photography

"Okay girls," she says
as she turns her camera,
"make a sexy face."

July 7, 2009

2009-07-19T21:04:00.004-06:00

Beards

The newest muscle
not only impresses girls,
but hides your acne.

Williamsburg Woods

In a plaid forest
is the only place you'll find
skinny lumberjacks.

July 6, 2009

2009-07-19T20:26:00.003-06:00

It's True

We've added the "o"
so that little asterisk?
it can kiss my butt.

July 5, 2009

2009-07-19T20:24:00.003-06:00

Most People's Definition of "Sharing Music"

Magical subways:
here even earbuds blossom
into loud flowers.

July 4, 2009

2009-07-19T20:16:00.005-06:00

Obama

Easier for us,
but he's made life harder for
the punks and rappers.

July 3, 2009

2009-07-14T23:06:00.004-06:00

Postmortem Success Stories

We should envy pigs:
even after slaughter, they're
multi-talented.

July 2, 2009

2009-07-01T23:01:00.005-06:00

This Could Happen To Anybody

Sitting in the park,
I turn, inquisitively.
Their dog's named Colin?!?

July 1, 2009

2009-07-01T22:55:00.004-06:00

Starving

I'm getting cranky.
The proverbial chili's
ready to seat us.

June 30, 2009

2009-06-29T22:38:00.005-06:00

Would You Rather (#3)

Get girls or get girls?
Ostracized or ostrich-sized?
Urban or urbane?

June 29, 2009

2009-06-29T22:25:00.009-06:00

After the Tears

I remembered that
the Michael Jackson we love
died in the nineties.

Bonus Memorial Photos:

June 28, 2009

2009-06-29T22:20:00.004-06:00

Would You Rather (#2)

Eat out or eat trout?
Google-chat or google "chat"?
Dolls or a Dalí?

June 27, 2009

2009-06-29T21:53:00.003-06:00

Special Day

Brazil's Mixed Race Day,
first circumnavigation,
Happy Birthday Laur.

June 26, 2009

2009-06-27T07:10:00.003-06:00

Tribute (21 of 21)

She says she hates gifts.
I hope she enjoys this one:
I'm giving her me.

June 25, 2009

2009-06-26T23:46:00.004-06:00

Tribute (20 of 21)

She's great: we can talk
about important topics
like t-star mono.

June 24, 2009

2009-06-26T23:25:00.005-06:00

Tribute (19 of 21)

Take my fav shoes:
I can't wear them ev'ry day.
She always matches.

June 23, 2009

2009-06-25T20:12:00.006-06:00

Tribute (18 of 21)

What do I like most?
She gets me. That's good because
I hate explaining.

June 22, 2009

2009-06-25T20:05:00.004-06:00

Tribute (17 of 21)

I long to be there,
so much that I do see her
only everywhere.

June 21, 2009

2009-06-25T19:40:00.003-06:00

Tribute (16 of 21)

We get each other:
before "anco" and GB,
were DK and X.

Tribute (16.5 of 21)

Sometimes we wear plaid,
not because our idols do,
but because they did.

June 20, 2009

2009-06-25T19:10:00.005-06:00

Tribute (15 of 21)

She is persuasive.
I'm starting to hate scrabble,
despise Pootie Tang .

June 19, 2009

2009-06-23T18:55:00.003-06:00

Tribute (14 of 21)

Challenge: Find a girl.
Rub her face on the pavement.
Is she still this fine?

June 18, 2009

2009-06-22T22:31:00.004-06:00

Tribute (13 of 21)

She may not be "cute,"
But she could turn the desert
to a window pane.

June 17, 2009

2009-06-21T14:35:00.004-06:00

Tribute (12 of 21)

Fondest memories
are shared with Korver and Miles.
I hated b-ball.

June 16, 2009

2009-06-21T13:58:00.006-06:00

Tribute (11 of 21)

Bones must be horse shoes,
muscles could be bunny feet,
blood: mutant clovers.

June 15, 2009

2009-06-21T13:50:00.003-06:00

Tribute (10 of 21)

Baking club taught me
she had "womanly hobbies"/
feminist viewpoints.

June 14, 2009

2009-06-20T09:17:00.004-06:00

Tribute (9 of 21)

Just the two of us
then bangles on the nightstand
and mom got involved.

June 13, 2009

2009-06-20T09:13:00.004-06:00

Tribute (8 of 21)

In reverse order:
apples and peanut butter,
Lauren freaking S.

June 12, 2009

2009-06-20T09:00:00.004-06:00

Tribute (7 of 21)

…soooo Sally can waaaaait
she knows it's too laaaate as she's—
we're waaaalking on byyyyyy.

June 11, 2009

2009-06-14T20:22:00.003-06:00

Tribute (6 of 21)

New York has it all,
but no matter where I look
I can't find a snipe!

June 10, 2009

2009-06-14T20:17:00.003-06:00

Tribute (5 of 21)

New York has it all,
Yet simultaneously
I miss everything.

June 9, 2009

2009-06-14T20:05:00.003-06:00

Tribute (4 of 21)

I'm one X away
(baseball-ly). Let's look at it
like it's tic-tac-toe.

June 8, 2009

2009-06-14T19:49:00.005-06:00

Tribute (3 of 21)

Those days went like this:
She: friend of Jack Kerouac
I: John Bolton.

June 7, 2009

2009-06-14T19:24:00.006-06:00

Tribute (2 of 21)

It's going well when
You tell her your dark secrets
and they become hers.

sort of related but not relative link.
(turn up your sound)

June 6, 2009

2009-06-08T22:43:00.008-06:00

Tributes

Twenty one more days,
she's finally an "adult."
These are a tribute.

Tribute (1 of 21)

Orange: my new fav—
cause we are the perfect mix
of yellow and red.

June 5, 2009

2009-06-06T11:36:00.003-06:00

Kobe vs. Who Cares

Congratulations.
But now, Magic, the finals
are irrelevant.

June 4, 2009

2009-06-06T11:21:00.006-06:00

4 6月事件

Real superheroes,
are always interrupted.
But still save the day.

June 3, 2009

2009-06-06T09:35:00.005-06:00

Vegetarian

"Hi, I'm a Mormon."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jewish.
Do you eat pork?" "No."

June 2, 2009

2009-06-06T09:15:00.003-06:00

Star Wars kid

If I had girl eyes,
when dead I'd go to heaven.
Would I live as long?

June 1, 2009

2009-06-04T21:42:00.005-06:00

Jejune Poem/Lips

So sweet is the sound
of forty-seven year-olds
dropping the "F-bomb."

May 31, 2009

2009-06-04T21:16:00.002-06:00

Eclogue

"My sheep are hungry—
is that a wolf over there?!?"
"No, just a grey sheep."

May 30, 2009

2009-06-04T20:45:00.003-06:00

Sushi Dilemma

Big flames die slowly.
Struggling to put it out,
I sweat. So easy.

May 29, 2009

2009-06-01T21:06:00.004-06:00

Today Equals

Luggage plus downpour.
Nap plus brand new apartment.
Veckatimest LIVE!!!

May 28, 2009

2009-06-01T20:45:00.003-06:00

Tonight

I've no place to stay
but many places to go.
See you soon, New York.

May 27, 2009

2009-05-27T23:39:00.001-06:00

Ban Hugging!

What's with kids these days?
“The high-five is, like, boring.”
High fives don't clog halls.

Three-second Rule = So Necessary

I told him seven sharp!
School ended hours ago!
He's still "saying" "bye."

Bring it Back!

We try to please them.
SEE?!?! You can do it on-line!
Did you forget Glenn?!?

May 26, 2009

2009-05-27T23:10:00.002-06:00

Would You Rather

surgeon or sturgeon?
look skinny or taste skin-y?
sore legs or sword legs?

photo: drvmmmer

May 25, 2009

2009-05-27T22:22:00.004-06:00

Dreams Can/Do Come True

It would be helpful,
nigh rad, to woo a falcon.
Nine dollars well spent.