Category Archives: Poetry

ODE TO LOUIE LOUIE – 1980

September 23, 2023 – 4:03 pm

ODE TO LOUIE LOUIE Louie Louie Oh No we gotta go 1963 Eleven years old A Boy Scout at the Hyde Park YMCA Looking to get my Swimming Merit Badge Scared of Polio in the pool Scared of the chlorine Scared of drowning The Scout instructor shouting, “Twenty laps.” “One lap underwater.” “Rescue your buddy.” […]

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The Height Of Land – Homage to HP Lovecraft

September 22, 2023 – 12:02 pm

Beyond the windblown Height of Land Route 17 runs north to Quebec A rutted road leads east Neglected by county and state Through bogs and swamps To a town with no name on a map The few inhabitants call it Dogtown There are no dogs Nor knowledge of dogs The town is more a clearing […]

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WORLD REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

September 19, 2023 – 6:34 pm

A poem Revolution To save us all We are us We are the road We are the cities The town The villages The nowheres We are the World And beyond. We are a movement We do not sign petition We do not support capitalism Our dreams Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness This time […]

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The Future of Now

September 15, 2023 – 1:21 pm

In the Age of Species Reassignment We seem to stand alone Detached from the us Embraced by the Me.ness of the Constant Now. We breathe poisoned air We eat poisoned food Plastic covers the Earth The oceans die The stars disappear from view. The world population in 2050 500 million I will be 98 Will […]

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Cumberland County Kingdom

August 24, 2023 – 3:14 am

Written July 1, 2021 From the Kezar Pond to Saco Bay. Old Orchard Beach to Bailey’s Island. The land of my youth The summer camp on Watchic Pond Built by my grandfather. An orphan A logger A frontline surgeon in WWI France. A retreat from the horrors to Maine With a nurse, my grandmother. A […]

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