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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
When I Die
When I die I ask that I be buried so that I lie in the heart of that dense black forest at the foot of those…
Nothing Was Real
I drank Modigliani that morning with my eyes, greedily
To the last drop of his brushes caught in the frame of my…
When the Walls Fall Down
There comes a time, when the walls fall down. We see age in the eyes of a friend. We smile.
Some lines for Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Some lines for Yevgeny on his departure to parts unknown... Quietly in a cup of hot chai. Besides the swift stream…
Last Days
'Twas the ninth of September, That day I chose, To ready myself, For one final dangerous road. Just wanted the…
Where Does your Blood Flow?
Where does your blood flow? What river gives you its roar?On Inauguration Day...
For there is a…
Imperator
A coven of witches and murder of ravens
At the Remington of our last Absolution
For the black waves of despair…
Polarity Inversion
What matters - always surfaces - refuses death. A requiem for life - shadow destroyed by light. And in the grip of…
Choka for America
The song drifted in, and the old lament I heard. We lay down and wept, by waters of Babylon
Nonsense
I climbed alone to reach the hilltop,
to sing my nonsense song.
I climbed alone to reach the hilltop,
to sing it…
Caledon
Two moons do lie off Caledon,
hung from a yellow sky.
The wind blows cold down the Insit vale,
where the Yolon…
The Meocentric Man
I am the meocentric man,
I know the earth is flat.
I don't give a damn what others think,
it's flat, and…
Paddle
Paddle
There are some quaint old adages,
I can't quite understand.
Some seem most insightful,
yet some…
Generations of Women
Generations of Women
A kick here and there for my mom,
my daughters and me,
rivalry inscribed from birth to…
Apologies to Tennyson
Apologies to Tennyson
Beyond the tethered sheaves of barley,
she sent me and cousin Charley.
Beyond where…
