Monthly Archives: July 2024

Classic Poetic Dysleixa

July 6, 2024 – 8:56 am

Edgar Allen Poe, Hart Crane, Willam Yeats 1916 Frank o’Hara, Bukowski, Ginsberg, The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam Ezra Pound, Emily Dickenson, Sylvia Plath, Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva Every one of them considered mad to write poetry. My words of madness find me on the George Washington Bridge resisting the urge to fly Hart Crane’s supposed last […]

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If Jesus Came To My House

July 6, 2024 – 7:56 am

According to the New Testament Jesus was crucified by the Romans atop Calvary. His apostles entombed their Messiah in a cave. His mother and Mary Magdalene mourned his death. The High Priests of Judah celebrated the demise of another troublemaker. Only Jesus didn’t die easy. On the third day the Son of Joseph supposedly rose […]

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Jesus’ Tomb – 2013

July 6, 2024 – 3:45 am

“What is Jerusalem worth?” the bastard knight at the end of KINGDOM OF GOD asks Saladin, the leader of the Muslim army.  “Nothing.” Saladin answered and walked away, then turns and says, “Everything.” For centuries faith has determined the worth of Jerusalem for the Jews, Christians, and Muslims. As an atheist I think they all […]

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Happy Gun Shooting Freedom Day -2014

July 5, 2024 – 11:24 pm

Today the USA celebrates the Declaration of Independence freedom. 24 hours of traffic jams, bbq, flag-waving, chest-thumping, nascar, bad beer, fighting, and fixing a crapped out car on the highway causing a miles-long traffic jam. As well as American ingenuity. Belly flops. Flip flops A house in the country. And the right to be a […]

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Lazarus II – Smell of The Grave

July 5, 2024 – 8:42 pm

I have a new life After death. Last month Alex was sweet___ She lied About my odor___ Not only I do smell old I smell of Lazarus. Risen From the grave__ I need a new smell Aan old bottle of perfume For Lazurus II A new smell. Even Alex knows the truth.

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