Category: poetry
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Edge of night
You sit on the end of a bench with a book and warmed over coffee On the other end is a pine cone you don’t begrudge it space and let it stay In a late afternoon woods warblers sing in bushes cardinals call back and forth You watch a leaf pick itself up off the…
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gift
Gift of pancakes and hash Healing communion With a side of bacon Recount the madding snubs Let it out and be warmed Steaming mug of coffee Publishing can be an Endless clusterfuck 1-25-20 *title by wife
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sitting in the cool by myself
House music overhead counting beats So many songs the same uptempo drum line Start with a bass drum thump 1-2-3-4 Light touch of a high hat whispers in between Add tom tom and snare on the beat familiar as your heart It doesn’t matter who sings or the lyrics it is all white noise Hunkering…
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Dreaming the night before the night before Christmas
I dreamed I was trying to wake from a dream within a dream and every dream I dreamed led into another dream and I could not wake up I dreamed I met an old friend who I did not know but he knew me I dreamed that I was in a custom coffee store tasting…
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Dear Dr. Alpert
…I woke up this morning and read of your walking through a door in the sky …I hope this was as good for you as you were to us …I hope someone was there to walk you home illumined by countless stars …I hope you are allowed to continue investigating truth in all the worlds…
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Tattoo Dream
Sitting alone A corner table It is not a fancy bar Just a dimly lit bar A bar like thousands of other neighborhood bars You sit with a pen and tablet A book of Charles Bukowski poetry And sip water with a lime A woman comes over Says she finds you attractive Amused at the…
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a sunny, chilly afternoon
Feta cheese, tuna, guacamole, a few walnuts and dishes cleaned. I have time for a chilly two mile stroll and to read a bit more listen poetry and music tonight Life in the slow lane often is scenic Wait for me, if you get there before I do; I am not late only few minutes…
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Amplified
(This is for all the poets, singers, dancers, actors, artists and mimes who step beyond their comfort zones and share) This is not rocket science you’ve been preparing for this all your life Remove your exterior gown sit naked at the dressing table turn it inside out Examine the weave of cloth the stitching that…
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Bentz’s birthday party
On Bentz’s 66th birthday we stood under umbrellas in the rain black plastic covered music speakers Red Shack Pickers played on a covered stage On Bentz’s 66th birthday no one danced barefoot in the mud but a frog leaped about in wet grass and disappeared under the stage On Bentz’s 66th birthday some gave up…
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Burning soul
Chilly Saturday morning stale coffee warms in microwave Last night you watched a poet self-immolate on stage Heard words crackling in the fire smelled flesh sizzling like bacon You sat transfixed until nothing but ash remained on stage And still you wanted more part of you want to hug her Part you wanted to flee…
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