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Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 7, 2016 in Poetry | 2 comments

SPARROW

SPARROW Itâ€™s not the wind that lacerates Not the wind that barks or howls. The wolf at the door is a sullen soul. I hear the whispering wings of owls And feel the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 10, 2016 in Poetry | 2 comments

BLUE ICE

A couple of weeks ago I was in Vermont for the funeral of an old friend, Cate Stratton. Cate’s brother Bob and I met at Oberlin, and we’ve been close ever...

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

Walk

Walk Snarls and whips of bracken An eye glowing behind a lid of cloud And fractals of black branches Dulled by wrinkled ice in a ditch The frozen face of the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 19, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

The Way Things Go

Too many are going….I wrote this for the Strattons when they lost Cate recently. Cate The door is closed Why do they leave Is it Christmas Weather The way the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 11, 2016 in Poetry | 4 comments

HALF SONNET

Half Sonnet Leafless bushes bangled With carnelian beads. Lines of woodbine Red above the rushes, tangled. The crabapple branch like a spine Of radiant drops. The sun...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 5, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

SONNET

When I was the earth and you were the sun I watched as around my bobbin you spun Your threads of light and at night I lay In your arms watching a watchful sky Cradled...

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