Circular Thinking
The train clatters along the tracks. It is a horse on a course. Of course, it races around in circles, never reaching the finish line....
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This website includes my (growing) collection of poems published on Medium, Substack, and elsewhere, starting from the day my mother died, November 1, 2023, to the present.
For a complete listing of links to my poems and other cool stuff:
Nolcha Fox
Jul 121 min read
Too Late to Mourn
I threw my childhood bones in your incinerator. You lured my younger years with melted sweets, and cannonballs that emptied out the pool....
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 121 min read
One Drink Too Many
I know my limit. More than one drink is my sad undoing. I admit that I lost count. Last night was too distracting. Now a trio in my head...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
What I Hear
The phone doesn’t ring. The dogs don’t bark. I open the door to the heartbeat of the rain. Tranquility.
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
Poems on Not Seeing Straight (July 2024 Feature)
Bad Trance I have to find the guy who put me under a bad trance. I put the chicken thighs in the oven and proudly set the timer to 28...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
Poems on Aging (July 2024 Feature)
In Reverse If I could, I would start with white-haired wisdom, creaky bones that long for warmth that fade to rosy cheeks and ample...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
Dangerous Challenges
Once a furniture goat, our 17-year-old dog falls and can’t get up. With loose knees, arthritic hips, she collapses in a heap. We give her...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
Poems on Relationships (July 2024 Feature)
Yes or No Will she, won’t she? Back and forth, she weighs her options. Can he provide the life she thinks she wants? He’s a patient man,...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 111 min read
Poems on Aging
In Reverse If I could, I would start with white-haired wisdom, creaky bones that long for warmth that fade to rosy cheeks and ample...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 101 min read
Beyond Reason
Anxiety is a bellyache of uncertainty. I cannot teach anxiety to count to ten. Anxiety swallows my plans. I cannot tempt anxiety with...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 81 min read
Such a Crab
Hours move crabwise towards my end, sometimes crabapple sour, sometimes apple pie sweet. Time ignores me when I crab that life’s unfair...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 81 min read
Farm to Table
If animals could be the hosts of dinner at the farm, They’d probably lay the table with some foods to cause alarm. Artificial food in...
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Nolcha Fox
Jul 51 min read
Some Things Never Change
Under the moonlight, a caveman stole a woman for his mate. Now ET shows his love by stealing an earthling woman for a hot date. published...
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