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Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 3, 2017 in Poetry | 1 comment

Apocalypse Poem

APOCALYPSE POEM Donâ€™t ask about The Martians. I donâ€™t Know, just stories About Ocba, A man in space Alive and inert Drifting like a seed Waiting to land In...

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

Writing Novels

Itâ€™s my turn to spin, My turn to begin. Sometimes itâ€™s the end Then I bend and bend, The guts and the brain, To wind and wind again. But it wonâ€™t still the drum...

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 In attic doors and radiators My cold kiss taps LipsÂ close to ear Caress careless and clear Heaviest flesh yet This overcoat of air This net...

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 Adamâ€™s rib. Blare of the horn, fire engines...

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