Category Archives: Poetry

Trans Europe Express 1980s Paris Bruxelles

June 19, 2024 – 10:28 am

1985 Paris The Trans Europe Express Out of Gare du Nord Two hours plus To Bruxelles Moi et Christine Blonde Swedish singer A good laugh A friend Nothing more Nothing less Nous deux A Bruxelles. To record a 45 ‘Take Me Higher’. Train leaves the station Northbound Paris left behind Clackety-clack-clack Picking up speed Soon […]

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June 13, 1978 – Journal

June 13, 2024 – 5:17 pm

This morning a knock on my SRO door.It was Ernie the porter for 27 11th Street. An eviction notice in his hand. He was about fifty. I never saw him outside the building. No one had, almost as if he were in hiding, but he always said hello. Friendly. ” I have nothing to do […]

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Pinball – Gaslight Inn – Park Slope – 1976

June 10, 2024 – 7:51 pm

At 3 O’Clock I thought about going to Rockaways The day slipped away Seconds ticked into minutes. 4:16 I catch the B54 One stop later I calculated the time. Four hours Back and forth To and from Rockaway The next stop North Portland I get off Across the avenue Fort Greene Park A green lawn […]

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Star Ferry – Hong Kong 2017

June 8, 2024 – 7:27 pm

A poem I wrote last evening on the subway home. Funny the things we remember From Hong Kong to Bangkok to see my family. Had a great trip. Dawn on Hong Kong Crossing the Perfumed Harbor From Kowloon By the Star Ferry. Ahead The skyscrapers Blotting out the near horizon. I looked to the North. […]

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Tides Of The East River – June 2023

June 2, 2024 – 10:02 am

June 20, 2023 Dawn on the East River Grey I touch the window A seventh-floor hospital room Glass warm to my palm The summer solstice No blue A clouded sky A pale white sun 93 million miles away Glowing Gray The East River flows fast south Four knots with the flush Of Long Island Sound […]

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