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Train Travel By Night – July 27, 1983 – Paris – Journal

August 23, 2024 – 1:25 pm

Night time Someplace in America Friday night Travel by night o fun Nothing to see, but Darkness Sometimes passing through small town. The semi-blue TV glow In the living room window Marking the passing houses Upstairs All the children asleep___ Mom and Dad have gone out For dinner, for drinks, with their friends In the […]

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Riis Park – August 17, 2024

August 23, 2024 – 10:29 am

At the beach Yesterday Sea Waves Wind Warm Sand Shifts Beneath my feet

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On A Boat Pond – October 17, 1981 – Journal

August 20, 2024 – 11:11 am

Autumn settles on the boat pond Central Park trees Green to Orange to Yellow On the pond Two radio-controlled sloops Race Driven South By a crisp Northwesterly An imitation America Cup___ Here Central Park Not the East Village Rosy red cheek children Run around the pond An arm’s reach From foreign nannies and young mothers___ […]

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Les Bains Douches – Paris August 17, 1994 – Journal

August 13, 2024 – 3:53 pm

Les Bains Douches Paris August The clock Over the stairs always three to midnight The music in the entrance Summertime – Miles Davis trumpet ballad___ Upstairs in the dining room St. Tropez blondes huddle at a table Blonde bronzed seeking a rich man___ I not one I sit at the bar An old junkie friend […]

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NORTH OF HERE BY
PETER NOLAN SMITH

August 13, 2024 – 8:10 am

NORTH OF HERE BY PETER NOLAN SMITH The only problem with Maine is that you can’t eat the scenery – James Steele 1978 MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2024 VERMONT WINTAH 1973 A blizzard buried Montreal The temp arctic. Minus zero. Crashing with two New Zealanders Across the street From the Winston Churchill Pub Only forty feet through […]

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