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Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 5, 2018 in Poetry | 2 comments

MOLT

MOLT 1. At the threshold of the bug To molt or remain in this shell of grey. An earth encased in cloud still shines But bugs don’t mind the shade. It leads this way the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 25, 2018 in Poetry | 5 comments

DEAR DAD

Dear Dad I understand the second world war was tough. You were young and didn’t look back until old age. The petrified the ossified the classified the satisfied Emerged...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 23, 2017 in Poetry | 1 comment

The Maple Oak and Beech

The maple oak and beech Cling to their dead leaves Like devastated lovers When the body lies in reach And there is no mind, Curled, rattling in the wind, Swinging like...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 11, 2017 in Poetry | 2 comments

DRIVING INTO FIRE

DRIVING INTO FIRE Driving into fire with my Father tonight The sun like a cherry in a froth of gray The black folds of earth and the hanging haze Of smoke as the flames...

Posted by jonfrankel on Nov 17, 2017 in Poetry | 1 comment

couplet

COUPLET I would not drink bourbon If I could drink you my dear

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

VAMPYR

Parasite Speaks Sweet one, hanging in the moon’s eye! I won’t concoct a story about bulls and cows, I won’t retreat to metaphor and allegory. No, lovely teat swaying in...

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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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