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Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 12, 2020 in Poetry | 2 comments

THE ROOM THE BROOM WAS IN

The room the broom was in Was unswept and the lady wept Her auburn hair in the last flare Of sun tied back in a bun That pinched her face a grimace So profound no sound...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 11, 2020 in Poetry | 1 comment

Black Candles

Black Candles Curtains blown like sails Brickface florid with sun Black candles all around Tongues blazing in the mirror Lady, last love lost You bay the sky you are...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 8, 2020 in Poetry | 0 comments

from recovered poems

stepping through a field of marbles, maple trees on either side and sunlight sprained on late summer grass all along Stonewall Point things you said and did grew green...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 1, 2020 in Poetry | 2 comments

Poem for Peggy Billings

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW for Peggy Billings What did the woman in the window see What stars did her dark eyes rest upon Sleepless mind at the pane as it spun Hands of...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 8, 2019 in Blogh, Poetry | 4 comments

FOR JOHN M.

Death Bed for John M My friend, an old ma Becomes a baby Swaddled in a sheet Pale hairless belly ballooning Blind hands pulling the air Stub of his penis pierced With a...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 20, 2019 in Blogh, other poets, Poetry | 3 comments

Peggy Billings

Peggy Billings, poet, activist, friend, in her own words, from the afterword to her second book of poems, Red Rooster Crowing. Peggy died yesterday. She was 90. A dear...

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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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