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Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 3, 2018 in Poetry | 1 comment

A Message

A MESSAGE What is the state of this unrest? To lie in the dark and rustle To dream and hustle To rise like a wave and crest. I feel its feet threading the sheets its...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 23, 2018 in Poetry | 0 comments

SMALL

SMALL I gave What a child Cannot refuse To give love You did not earn Thirst blind Radiant need To...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 9, 2018 in Marianne Hauser, Poetry | 2 comments

ICU

ICU A place lit by glacial dynamite A palace built of tears. The glass weeps rain And the walls are full of sorrow. A castle-derelict of undone duty The exasperating...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 5, 2018 in Poetry | 2 comments

MOLT

MOLT 1. At the threshold of the bug To molt or remain in this shell of grey. An earth encased in cloud still shines But bugs don’t mind the shade. It leads this way the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 25, 2018 in Poetry | 5 comments

DEAR DAD

Dear Dad I understand the second world war was tough. You were young and didn’t look back until old age. The petrified the ossified the classified the satisfied Emerged...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 23, 2017 in Poetry | 1 comment

The Maple Oak and Beech

The maple oak and beech Cling to their dead leaves Like devastated lovers When the body lies in reach And there is no mind, Curled, rattling in the wind, Swinging like...

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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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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.