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April is National Poetry Month! Okay, last Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. I promise. I’ll Stop the World and Melt with You (not that one by Modern English) You look at her, as napkins flutter from the ceiling and bits of food fly at your face. There are spots of ketchup on her cheek […]

April is National Poetry Month! Okay, one more Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. When the Levee Breaks (not the one by Led Zeppelin) You read somewhere that the moment you die, all of your memories come back to you at once, so that what may seem like seconds to the living, is in death, […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. China Girl (not that one by David Bowie) Squeezed next to you in the back seat, She hugs her knapsack to her chest, bare knees pressed together, a booted foot on each side of the drive shaft. You stare out the […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. You Give Love a Bad Name (not that one by Bon Jovi) “And I want you to know,” she says, two red fingernails pointed at your chest, “That it’s nothing personal.” “Wait—” is the last thing you say, before the flash […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. Jesse’s Girl (not that one by Rick Springfield) She’s quiet for so long you suspect she’s fallen asleep. The night air is cool against your face and you breathe it in, slowly filling your lungs with the sweet, earthy smell of […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. Hot for Teacher (not that one by Van Halen) Unsuited limbs and appointments? What did she just say? …much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre… You don’t remember reading that yesterday. …and not a little of […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem. Little Red Corvette (not that one by Prince) The police arrive, multiple cars. No, you didn’t know the victim. No, you didn’t see what happened. Yes, you did hear the gunshots and see the vehicle speed away. Color and make? Dark, […]

April is National Poetry Month! Here is some more Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poetry. Runnin’ with the Devil (not that one by Van Halen) “I mean, what does a rapist look like anyway?” He gives a toothy grin and runs the palm of his hand over the sandpaper stubble of his shaved head. “In […]

April is National Poetry Month! And to celebrate, I’ll be releasing some Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poetry. Here’s one to get things started. Brown Eyed Girl (not that one by Van Morrison) She’s cute enough, with light hazel eyes and pale-blonde hair, but you have your type and it’s just not her. Yours is […]

I may have shared this before, but here it is anyway. In high school there was this girl I really, really liked, but she had a boyfriend, so, we talked—a lot. I would lend her some science fiction and fantasy books to read and one day when she returned a paperback (A Spell for Chameleon […]