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Split Screen

Split              Screen Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Americans can’t stand an ugly mug In newsrooms.  Anchors and reporters must Be gorgeous, male and female, beauty smug In telegenic strength.  The...

Archaic and Immortal

Archaic and Immortal Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some words are mortal, dead in Tuesdays, not For use; yet other words, though nearly dead, Survive in poetry.  These wraiths are hot Because our hearts...

The Opposite of Bindings

The Opposite of Bindings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne...

Oliver in the Gaze of Elio

Oliver in the Gaze of Elio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They notice, each one, instantly, the first Few seconds of their meeting, not just young One in the eyes of older one.  A burst Occurs (well, two...

That Hand

          That Hand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I cannot understand why everyone Misunderstands that hand raised up, that palm Turned towards the viewer.  Black and white keen nun Assumes that Jesus...