Poetrix

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Health the Wealth

Tongue to talk…
Legs to walk…
Eyes to see…
Ears to...

421 Mon,21-Mar-2011
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Crossroads

Wake up America!

It’s time open your eyes.
Rise from your deep dream...

1.071 Thu,19-May-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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To Galway Kinnell

Dear Mr. Kinnell,

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

1.108 Sun,23-Oct-2011
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Homeless Poets

Poets may be common place
and accepted as fixture in the city,
part of the urban...

1.128 Sun,22-May-2011
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Sales Pitch

Mad Mike is a businessman
with the devil’s grin.

“Have I got something...

1.161 Wed,31-Aug-2011
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Red Meat

I need a word.
Raw,
sliced right off the bone
without a marinade
...

1.163 Wed,25-May-2011
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Petite Mort (or birthing a poem)

a terrible beauty is born
always and only in the mind of the reader.
the poem in...

1.169 Wed,25-May-2011
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Play Ground

On the basketball court,
young boys talk
about taking the good shot
or...

1.186 Tue,27-Sep-2011
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Folk Hero

Leo, Crazy Leo,
the Mad Man on a motorcycle
always pushing the limit
and...

1.187 Mon,01-Aug-2011
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The tapestry

montage of color
        pattern of culture
...

1.187 Thu,25-Aug-2011
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Endless Wake

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

1.194 Mon,17-Oct-2011
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Reflections in a Puddle

After the hard rain, water
runoff from the street
fills a depression,
the...

1.207 Tue,27-Sep-2011
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At The Strip Mall

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

1.207 Sat,10-Dec-2011
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My Reason

I write for those who go outside the box
and climb over the fence defying the signs,...

1.215 Sat,20-Aug-2011
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Extreme

minimalism
zip
nil
no
none
nada
nothing
zilch...

1.218 Fri,27-May-2011
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Ladies in Waiting

Outside the bar
sixteen and seventeen
year-old princesses
dress in tank...

1.218 Thu,25-Aug-2011

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