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Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 23, 2020 in Poetry | 1 comment

We Will Be Walking

for maggie We will be working side by side We will dig and cut and fold. The cat is crying in the pantry A sere whip of wind lashes the trees. Bent by time to the task...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 22, 2020 in Poetry | 0 comments

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The arrows pointed to it My following eyes burrowed forward Past dark and light even the grey felt- Like fog was stretched across lake and sky. That is where I dwelt At...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 20, 2020 in Poetry | 0 comments

LATE

Late A beech leaf caught in the wind Flutters by and gilds the sky Twirling into Lick Brook gorge Gliding onto black water. I back away from the edge And think, the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 19, 2020 in Poetry | 0 comments

from Recovered Poems

TATTOO I can’t endure the wait the pain to see and be seen yesterday time was a roach today a redwood tree I cannot bear your gentian flame tattooed on my heart without...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 16, 2020 in Poetry | 0 comments

LEAVES

Leaves The cardinals and goldfinches and tanagers are falling Twirling against the moon-grey scarp of sky landing On blue shimmering altars of water, mums, the coarse...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 14, 2020 in Poetry | 1 comment

WALKING ON ICE

Walking on ice I don’t want To slow down I don’t want to fall So I slide along Going backwards Watching the face Of a future tyrant In a malignant clown The call of a...

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About Jon Frankel

Jon Frankel is a poet and novelist, the author of Gaha: Babes of the Abyss, (Whiskey Tit Press, 2014) and, writing as Buzz Callaway, Specimen Tank (Manic D. Press, 1993). Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir set in the same world as GAHA: Babes of the Abyss. All are published in part or in full on this web site. You'll also find reviews and personal essays about food, art and culture. Frankel lives in upstate New York with his family and works as a library supervisor.