Frog SummerSummer grows hot, for the New-blooded frogs; The bugs are thin, yet the Frogs stay fat, young and sassy. In these palsy times-they Only listen, as we wither away.Night fritters-away in sleep. The morning brightness comes late, Among my pithy-jointed bones-; Frogs annoy me, as my clay loosens.Rain... Read More
The Epic Poem:A Death in Cajamarca, Peru [Atahualpa, in Cajamarca]Advance: This is a version, not a translation of any kind, on the incarceration and death of Atahualpa the Inca King of the Inca Empire, in the 16th century (Peru).Atahualpa, enduring in Cajamarca Greeted by De Soto, his free friend from... Read More
Here is some witty poetry (not sure if that is the proper word: witty, but it will do): one poem on the Aztec year 2012, a year that has been in the public's eye quite a lot; one on cloning, and the biblical end time events--which, if I may add... Read More
I will never think twice nor will I roll the dice When it comes to my life I will take my Grannio's adviceYou play the hand you're dealt when it comes to who will be your Dad - But if you bluff about a card's face value for too many... Read More
I am among those who know that one never recovers from the loss of one deeply loved. We come to accept the death and adjust our lives - rather begrudingly, but we do not recover, we survive. Somewhere in the grief process, we make the decision to survive and then... Read More
Ole Bulky JeepsThrough late summer's heat These bulky shaped jeeps Ride by house and farm City and barn-Hungry for Spring-again, hoping to avoid The Slipping and sliding Of winter's ice and wind?[s]Their weighty legs are dirty From moving dust and rain (Here and there, everywhere) Through all kinds of terrain... Read More
I Shall Wait..On all the new mornings, and every singking evening, I wear a small crescent, in the finest of my accent...Those memories come up storming, that tender touch so warming, That lovely soothing weather, Feeling as light as a feather, With hands across each other, And nothing else to... Read More
Since my wife and I are moving, or preparing to move, we've been going through our things as most people must, to prepare for the new location, and in doing so, I found two poems, ones I wrote in 1990, now 15-years old, never published, and so I'd like to... Read More
Out of the eight poems provided here [all previously unpublished], four are Poetic Prose, a few Visionary [what I call Vsionary anyhow], a few Free Verse, and a few with more form and structure, more closely to the Auden style of: stanza, metrical rhythm, and rhyme. In saying that, I... Read More
The funeral rite concluded With the pastor shaking hands, Offering words of comfort I didn't quite understand.The undertakers came forth And summoned pallbearers' four. They marched beside the coffin Carrying it steady toward the door.I didn't cry or whimper As I followed right behind. But deep within I screamed Don't... Read More
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Daybreak at Pikes Creek [Summer of 2005]Daybreak by Lake Superior... Read More
Wars, air of AmbiguityDedicated to 1st. Lt. Laura Walker (From... Read More
Have you ever thought about how nice it would be... Read More
All is still; all quiet; The world seems to... Read More
#25The King and Delka [Split Mawkishness-on Moiromma /Part V]Sickly SentimentalityI... Read More
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Truth is stranger than fiction according to many people who... Read More
Explore the meaning of poetry and the motivation of poets... Read More
Twilight, was now beginning. As forthe sun, it was down-down... Read More
1.Evil's CreationThou knowith evil clings To tender peace-; Nor does... Read More
YOU MIGHT THINK I AM STRONGI THINK YOU GOT IT... Read More
Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious... Read More
You speak simple, completley understandable justifications I respect them, respect... Read More
1)dying in the bar [sluggishly]yet, I would crawl too upto... Read More
What do you do when you want to write poetry?... Read More
Chicken Soup is good for a coldSleep is good for... Read More
Delicately, my mind was selecting a muffled tune, out of... Read More
"I heard what you said, Red. Yet, I have to... Read More
I am among those who know that one never recovers... Read More
Our home was warm in the shade of the trees... Read More
I wish we had met 20 years ago... A different... Read More
Phantom of the Rocks[Huancayo, Peru]Night falls deepUpon the traveler!Low, over... Read More
Footprints to Mantaro Valley (Peru; in English and Spanish)In what... Read More
FIND the MAGICFind the Magic As you release old bondage... Read More
What's a prisoner to do when justice fails and... Read More
Do you ever stare at the paper, waiting for poetic... Read More
It's dark, it's cold, its' just six thirty,thoughts of sleep... Read More
A poetic comment that just welled up inside my head... Read More
"For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more... Read More
Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered, Through eighty per... Read More
Key Largo:The fans turn lazily in front of the doorThey... Read More
Thank youDedicated to soldiers and their loved onesFor those who... Read More
Once upon a midnight dreary, coffee cold and vision... Read More
You've been writing poetry since that first assignment in your... Read More
The Goat and the Ropewhere there were devils I saw... Read More
Two Poems and an Analysis ['Witness,' & 'An Old Love']WitnessMy... Read More
Old skin, once held tight Against her skeleton- Rose no... Read More
I wish we had met 20 years ago... A different... Read More
She raised me like I was her own daughter from... Read More
[Episode Five]Arizona Blue-GunfighterThe Wolves Nest-in the North[Episode Five]Northern Minnesota Area?Winter... Read More
I never met a man, who could shake my hand,... Read More
Kamalakanta was born in Burdwan India in the late 18th... Read More
I Shall Wait..On all the new mornings, and every singking... Read More
Writing innovative poetry, the kind of poetry that reputable literary... Read More
Do you ever stare at the paper, waiting for poetic... Read More
Phantom of the Rocks[Huancayo, Peru]Night falls deepUpon the traveler!Low, over... Read More
Here is some witty poetry (not sure if that is... Read More
In the Mountains of Haiti(In the City)-July is a hot... Read More
"Beautiful Dreamer" was written by Stephen Foster just before his... Read More
Part OneI tell you a legend of long ago Of... Read More
Five Poems from Home1) Remembering: Dorothy Parker [Dedicated to the... Read More
Black Blood, in Jeremiah's Vines [A Dream Poem]And I heard... Read More
I am not the one I was before yesterday.I cannot... Read More
To many non-specialists of literature, poetry is deeply unsatisfying. There... Read More
When I hear your voice inside my head it makes... Read More
The Poet's Corner [Three poem/ see review of poetry under... Read More
Sometimes we feel hard-pressed, Our backs against the wall;... Read More
Ironically, the passion that can neutralize the repulsion for difficulties... Read More
Note: written 4-15-05, while driving through the Andes of Peru,... Read More
Have you ever sat there staring at the paper, ready... Read More
There I sat, ninety-five degree weatherOutside; the bookstore café, was... Read More
I never thought I would have to say GOODBYE to... Read More
Burning Autumn Leaves [1950s in St. Paul, Minnesota]My long steel... Read More
One of the most important poets of the post-war period,... Read More
Memoirs of a Wasteland's RimIt still was light when she... Read More
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