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 Endless Wake

Death was not unexpected,
and after years of lingering,
no one took notice of the...

 1.195 Mon,17-Oct-2011
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 The Last Words

There is an undertow.
Do not go beyond this point!
Beware,
there are gnomes...

 1.919 Wed,19-Oct-2011
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 big old dawg

sleeping outside the bar
an old chromed knucklehead engine
on a hard-tail frame...

 1.972 Sat,22-Oct-2011
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 Scooter Tramps

Every night, hard core
bikers and ‘wanna bee’
warriors hold court...

 1.695 Sat,22-Oct-2011
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 At Dusk

Without
direct
sunlight
to cast
shadows,
the form
and...

 2.321 Sun,23-Oct-2011
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 To Galway Kinnell

Dear Mr. Kinnell,

With the deepest sorrow I inform you
of the passing of Betsy the...

 1.109 Sun,23-Oct-2011
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 Medusa’s Overbite

I looked past the ripples
in the reflecting pool.

Her image replaced mine....

 1.962 2 Mon,24-Oct-2011
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 Mother Nature

her eyes took in
the infinite

she turned toward me

“I speak down to...

 1.607 Mon,24-Oct-2011
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 Stationary

I stand on the platform waiting for the train,
while the bells toll from the cathedral...

 1.470 Fri,09-Dec-2011
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 Insomnia

Wide awake
and fully aware
I am swept up
in the steady fast pace
...

 1.730 1 Fri,09-Dec-2011
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 The Absurd

It’s just another scene in the odeum of life.
The alarm clock whines and I get out...

 1.222 Fri,09-Dec-2011
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 To Walt Whitman

Dear Walt,
Your Long Island has changed.
The rolling Manhasset Hills running along...

 1.409 Fri,09-Dec-2011
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 At The Strip Mall

They meet at night,
a hodgepodge of young punks,
greasers & hipsters,
...

 1.219 Sat,10-Dec-2011
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 Blossoms

Twelve and thirteen year old girls
tom-boy tough with braces and pig-tails,
hang...

 1.082 Sat,10-Dec-2011
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 Anonymous

The old man dressed
in a wrinkled, gray pin-
striped suit & ripped
...

 1.986 1 Tue,13-Dec-2011
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 Picnic on Calvary

I watch him hobble down
the path, right through
the crowd gathered in the park....

 1.428 Tue,13-Dec-2011
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 A Eulogy for Poetry

She waits
parked outside the biker bar.
She’s a motorcycle momma,
she...

 2.352 Tue,13-Dec-2011

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