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Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 11, 2015 in Poetry | 0 comments

Memories of a Country House

Memories of a Country House How did the ghost arrive at this impasse? Like a blown glance the phantom has no mass. It comes by watered routes of memory perhaps,...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 5, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

I LOVE CIGARETTES

I LOVE CIGARETTES In the ashtray of my motherâ€™s car Lay my first cigarette, bent At the filter with a lipstick scar. The black everpresent omniscient scent Thrown...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jun 1, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

COMET

Comet Empty space. A burning face Arcs in the black embrace And sheds its flames in a hail Of voices and faces The vacuum...

Posted by jonfrankel on May 18, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

MAY EVENING

May Evening A sharp yellow light paints the blind And the smell of rain is in the house The first leaves swishing in the wind A brawl of hail and a souse And then the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 16, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

Hypervigilante

HYPERVIGILANTE Iâ€™m so scared, bound To eyes like shifting lakes Rippled by the sound Of autumn rakes, By conversations studded with posts, Words that look back and...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 1, 2015 in Poetry | 1 comment

VENUS

Venus As I lay dead in your arms the dark Whispered that I watched the night With my father when I was four. We sat in his giant chair and the light Of the morning star...

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