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• BOOK REVIEW: Erotic Poems Ed. Peter Washington

  

  Erotic Poems by Peter Washington My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This collection stands as one volume in a series entitled "Everyman's Library Pocket Poets.... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Curious Tower [a Sonnet]

  

  And in my dream I saw a vast expanse. To the horizon tawny hills did roll. Stood nothing but a tower in stout stance, to burden the barrenness of this... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Literary Allusions

  

  Captain Ahab, go chase your whale! Better obsession end in death than jail. Though Thoreau's case for the latter takes task with escapees like Hatter. But then... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Lonely Oak

  

  I lonesome oak on a hill having outlived your peers your progeny denied the light by scythe and mower blade alike II it's said you speak by pheromone but no... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg

  

  Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg My rating: 5 of 5 stars This collection put Sandburg on the map as a literary figure. It opens with one of his most famous poems... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk

  

  The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page I read this book as part of my continuing effort to read at least one book... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Man Glued to Phone Spends Eternity on Elevator

  A man joined me on the elevator. He pressed no button, but rode along. When I got off, I said, "See you later." The doors closed and reopened with a "bong." I... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Missed Mark

  engine whine, in a dive pray to god to be alive when the bombs missed their mark hit some pristine city park turf and rubble, an ugly mess wild-eyed people in... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Lunatic in the Street

  i saw a lunatic pacing at the edge of the street a man overdressed in the way of those who have no place to hang a hat and an abiding fear that anything left ou... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Shades of Silence

  

  there're a thousand shades of silence in this city's wee morning hours when all the sound could be drowned out by the faintest of spring showers each silence ca... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: a Trio of Fragments

  

  harbor, studded with ships ships made islands by heavy anchors immune to the relentless undulation of the sea *** tawdry neon red pulsing in a puddle the words... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Poet Watches the World Pass By

  

  sitting on the curb playing dice with words praying that they'll fall into place sometimes glancing from face to face seeing eyes flit askance in such a subtle... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: River of Me

  

  i exist in wave and particle form two things at once but, really, many things if anyone is counting each new instant, i'm a new thing only disguised as the old... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Endless City

  city at the end of time sprawling to the shoulders of reality spilling into the sea sprouting vents from the ocean floor to breathe the collective exhalation a... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Science of Science Fiction by Mark Brake

  

  The Science of Science Fiction: The Influence of Film and Fiction on the Science and Culture of Our Times by Mark Brake My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Running Anatomy, 2nd Edition by Puleo and Milroy

  

  Running Anatomy 2nd Edition by Joseph Puleo My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This book explores anatomy (and to a lesser degree physiology) as it pertains... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Prelude by Will Corona Pilgrim

  

  Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude by Will Corona Pilgrim My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This two issue comic book was released in advance of... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Storm

  

  storm clouds hovering birds refuse to sing torrents are soon to pour waters will rise through the floor and this shack will float away clashing in nature's... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Park from a Hotel Balcony

  I see a canopy of trees. Wind-rolled like undulating seas. A strange green scene from my balcony. Seems like such a vast expanse of trees tossed, locked in a... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Kashmir

  

  Green, the mountain meadow White, the wall of fog Lakes of trapped glacial runoff - aqua gemstones in dim light Lines of sheep crisscross the part lines of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL