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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 don’t know where I am; it’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 Or...

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 couldn’t decide; Nothing made up my mind And nothing is the bride The...

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 Now this way has turned Into that of the...

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

SPARROW

SPARROW It’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 game...

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 Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir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