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

A POEM ABOUT A DOOR

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

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 2, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

DRIVEWAY DREAMS

DRIVEWAY DREAMS Static in the attic room. The cherry stripped of leaves Unlit strands of spherical lamps draped Like pearls on the reaching branches. Birds drop from...

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 22, 2016 in Poetry | 2 comments

sonnet

SONNET I donâ€™t know where I am; itâ€™s dark And quiet like a page full of voices Printed on the blank walls of the stall Midair, beneath the earth marked by a cairn...

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 5, 2016 in Poetry | 0 comments

AIRPORT ODE

Blind correspondents meet to grill Inane candidates about their beliefs Sun through the high airport windows Planes the poly fibre carpet and a man With an alarming...

Posted by jonfrankel on Oct 14, 2016 in Poetry | 0 comments

WRESTLING

Wrestling It was bright in the shade and wind Contested with the sun. As they vied All day long I couldnâ€™t decide; Nothing made up my mind And nothing is the bride...

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 29, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

TURNING

TURNING This way and that Hypothalamus in a hat In a vase on a shelf The rose of the self Hitler and Hamlet Not the same gambit NowÂ this way has turned Into that of...

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