Category Archives: Poems

Poem in Your Pocket

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Today was poem in your pocket day. Do any of you participate in this? You leave and take poems and carry one around in your pocket. I did not find any, but I left a few copies of an old … Continue reading →

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Forever With Child

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Audre Lorde is one of my heroes . She wrote a couple of my favorite poems. One of them is on my mind today because of my friend who became a mother today: Now That I’m Forever With Child   “How the … Continue reading →

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Hold Fast Yer Dreams

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

There’s a poem I read when I was a kid that I still remember. The first part of  it kept repeating in my head today: Hold fast your dreams! Within your heart Keep one still, secret spot Where dreams may … Continue reading →

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Bread Without Sorrow – John Hodgen

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

I just read this. I thought it was really good. I had never heard of John Hodgen. I got this cause I played that game where you wander aimlessly in the aisles of the library, and kind of unfocus your … Continue reading →

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Little Girl, Fluffy Hair

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

I saw you come in with your grandmother in a wheelchair. It wasn’t the first time I saw you, she was berating you again… I felt jumpy and scared just listening to it, I tried to get close to you, … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The World is a Beautiful Place

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don’t mind happiness not always being so very much fun if you don’t mind a touch of hell now and then just when everything is fine because even … Continue reading →

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It’s always too soon or too late…

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Mentioning Kenneth Patchen in my comment earlier, something occurred to me.. There’s a line in a Bukowski poem, “Something for the Touts..” where he goes, “Its always too soon to die, or too late.” Is this a regular phrase? I just remembered … Continue reading →

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The Laughing Heart

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

The God’s wait to delight in you..

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