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Jim O’Conner v. Richard Nixon (a poem)

2019/11/11 — Leave a comment

This poem is completely factual (my father is on the far right, Nixon on the far left of the featured photo).
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Frakture (a poem)

2019/11/10 — Leave a comment

I set this up as a draft, then forgot to click on ‘Publish’…
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Itch—Twitch—Blast (a poem)

2019/11/07 — Leave a comment

Enough already…
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No petals on charcoal (a poem)

2019/11/04 — Leave a comment

Still on this topic, I see. The last part was inspired by a book review quoted in a tweet.
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Bookstore Poem #678

2019/11/03 — Leave a comment

I wrote this while listening to a story being read this afternoon…

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I know what it looks like now (a poem)

2019/11/02 — Leave a comment

Memories and behaviors operate on their own cycles.
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Convergence(a poem)

2019/10/29 — Leave a comment

A coincidence, followed by an extra glass or two of vinho verde.
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Shards with dull edges (a poem)

2019/10/29 — Leave a comment

Too many hours of waiting mixed with the refrain from a Kid Creole song results in this:
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Disappearing stars on a field (a poem)

2019/10/27 — Leave a comment

I’m watching a ‘black screen’ video that really depicts rainfall from the apparent viewpoint of the cloud, while the cat is giving me The Stare…
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Snapshot from the season of magic and loss (a poem)

2019/10/26 — Leave a comment

Drove home tonight while listening to Lou Reed’s Magic and Loss…
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