My husband's poetry

Category: urban / city

  • Urban Sun

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    An urban sun does not smudge lipstick On the collar of the sky Leave glitter on shouldered landscapes It wakes under bushes in the park Bathes like Bathsheba on the roof Slides down a flagpole in the school yard Struts on Main Street Glistens sweaty on front stoops at midday Towards evening it disappears around…

  • what about dead fish?

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    water drowns city noise a sign says, Alligators May Live Here plastic snake, ziploc baggie small stuffed bear and pieces of driftwood on the shore turtles sunbathe on rocks long-legged birds stalk the rapid edge butterflies flit around dead fish 6-4-21

  • Enigmatic man II

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    cfblack
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    it’s been most of a year since Enigmatic Man roamed our streets picked through trash saved treasures before city trucks come to carry it away vacant stare sulk of shoulders shuffled gait world on his back and under feet 5-28-21