Tag Archives: new york

Don’t Run Don’t Walk

August 11, 2013 – 1:28 pm

My position on drug legalization has been well-stated over the years, however I am not naive enough to ignore the problems besetting those using drugs in extreme or the people surrounding them, mostly innocent family members or neighbors. Pot is no longer pot. It’s turbo-powered skunk. I don’t smoke that mutant shit. Blow is a […]

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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Lou Reed

August 8, 2013 – 9:56 pm
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Frank Holliday – Painter

June 2, 2013 – 5:03 pm

A big painting of Frank Holliday. I called it BIG PAINTING # 1 Frank Holliday and I go back to 1978. He never gave up on his friends or art. His friends love his paintings. He sold ten small ones to a gallery owner. Another two big ones to privates. I love their layers of […]

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Sucker Punch

June 1, 2013 – 11:13 am

In the winter of 1967 I stood outside the parking lot of BC High with a Southie girl. The G Clefs were performing soul hits on stage. Debbie and I had danced to their version of MUSTANG SALLY. We were talking about school. Her eyes widened in surprise and I turned to see why. A […]

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Warm Weather

April 11, 2013 – 8:37 pm

Warm weather bluffed the coming of Spring Cold winter rejected the season’s brief fling. Azaleas shivered under black lightning. Yellow jonquils fought off their floral fading. Today the gray clouds carried a day of foreboding. Tomorrow I pray for one thing, the sunshine. Same as everyone. I want warm. A POEM BY PETER NOLAN SMITH

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