Category Archives: Poetry

A Seaward Gaze

March 31, 2025 – 1:02 pm

The next day The end of March No sun A misty cold wind ripped over the bluffs The Atlantic roughing the shore___ To the Eastern horizon Of ocean The rise of Block Island From the depths Of the Sea Bottom__ All land All 360 degrees The remnants Of The Great Glacier Melting 15000 years ago___ […]

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A Hotel Room Off The Highway 1985

March 20, 2025 – 10:44 am

A little after midnight I pull the Pontiac LeMans Off the interstate Before Flagstaff Onto Route 66___ Kyla sleeps against the door Not knowing we are stopping for the night At a motel The Flamingo Motel Hotel Red sign bright neon I pull up to the office Get us a room Kyla wake “Where are […]

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Body Parts 2 Reading – 3/19 Peter Nolan Smith

March 20, 2025 – 10:18 am

I’ll be reading LAZARUS II At Makers Ensemble Wednesday night 3/19 I have a new life After death Not the first time__ 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 An old bottle of […]

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Nude Modeling Day # 1

March 20, 2025 – 4:13 am

On Canal Street In Chinatown Seven minutes to 1 On time Climb three flights of stairs First floor a wonton shop Second floor a Mah-Jong parlor The clack of tiles Third floor a massage parlor A faint aroma of tobacco One more set of steps to the drawing studio___ Seven older artists before easels Sitting […]

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South From Tibet 1995

March 13, 2025 – 8:22 pm

In early November 1995 I had hitched a ride from Shitgatze, Tibet south on my way to the Nepali border after spending a month in Lhasa. After a few hours on the Friendship Highway I was dropped at the t-intersection of two dirt roads; National Highways 318 and 219. The van disappeared west and I […]

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