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Posted by jonfrankel on May 24, 2017 in Poetry | 0 comments

Writing Novels

It’s my turn to spin, My turn to begin. Sometimes it’s the end Then I bend and bend, The guts and the brain, To wind and wind again. But it won’t still the drum The...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 22, 2017 in Poetry | 0 comments

THANATOS

THANATOS I wish I wanted to live More than I do. This drive To say no to life is sly, Not a drive at all but a stroll A quiet voice whose droll Persistence rises to a...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 15, 2017 in Poetry | 0 comments

GHOST

Ghost I pretend to live When you arrive I sigh We always sigh, hiss and rap On attic doors and in radiators You hear me tap My cold kiss Is not too shy Listen for my...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 5, 2017 in Poetry | 0 comments

A POEM WITH DOGS

Every Day Someone flies And someone crawls Through the parking lot Of a shopping mall Or over that spot And no one dies Of this though everyone Writes on the wall and...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 15, 2016 in Poetry | 0 comments

SLEEP

Sleep Puppets filled the dark With round ivory faces, black eyes, Carved wooden noses, at the bars of the crib Made from Adam’s rib. Blare of the horn, fire engines...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 9, 2016 in Poetry | 0 comments

A POEM ABOUT A DOOR

6:59 6:59 and I’m still thinking about the door On State Street with the flaking paint On either side of the hinge there lies Truth to be decided, lived and elided...

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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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