Stories tagged poems

5 Poems In The Shape Of Other Poems

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the things we will accomplish, the things we will leave to others

Fear in a Handful of Dust / National Poetry Month 2015 30 Poems

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Fear in a Handful of Dust

The Immunodeficiency Of Our Collective Hearts

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a set of 4 poems

Testament/ National Poetry Month, 2013/ 25 Poems

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Small stones/ skipped across/ still water ripple

American Triptych

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It’s always fun and easy/ to punish the poor

Disco

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Vertical and later horizontal from the back seat of a 76 Camaro.

Orbital Mechanics/ National Poetry Month 2014/ 30 poems

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Captain Nemo never died./ He cruises all the seven seas/ below the waves in Nautilus 2,

Quinine Tablets

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a little bitter for the better

Past Imperfect, Future Imperfect

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A proper study of human history should lead the student to an inescapable desire to commit suicide

Rant.

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Robert Frost told me that life goes on, but that’s just not good enough for me and for God’s sake it shouldn’t be good enough for you either, should it?

Transgressions

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Once you descend, the third rail/ hums its invitation

It Isn’t Personal. It’s Business

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because you pay/ for it to matter to me.

Quintet in a Natural Key

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I like the cool and dark beneath my rock./ It protects me from the glare and scorch/ of noonday sun and the chilling shadows/ of midnight moon.

Compartments

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I'm curious, what's the nameplate on my door?

The Dead in Paris, Parts 3 and 4

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We love the sound of automatic weapon fire/ // I wish that oak tree crushed your skull/ instead of just your spine. You deserve/ to be a corpse. You deserve to be buried