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Posted by jonfrankel on May 7, 2008 in Poetry | 0 comments

Civil War Monument

I watch my babies climb across the nameless memories of this public grave their eagerÂ fingers burn the polished granite and engrave the plaques with flames beneath the...

Posted by jonfrankel on May 1, 2008 in Poetry | 3 comments

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I wrote this poem maybe 12 years ago. At the time I was in a poetry group. They all had problems with it, which is another way of saying they didn’t like the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 30, 2008 in other poets, Poetry | 2 comments

Blake

I have been reading Blake for many years now. When I feel like cheering myself up, when I want to know that sane people have existed in other times, I read him. All...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 24, 2008 in Poetry | 1 comment

One Bug to Another

The fizz is opulent Your sweating crotch Dissolves on mine Our irridescent backs And eyeballs bright Above the citronella Candle...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 28, 2008 in Poetry | 0 comments

at home with her stuff

winter reveals what spring buries in green drought undresses the creek bed and shore exposes the root the sun lies shattered on ice rain peels the paint wind strips the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 27, 2008 in Poetry | 0 comments

The Jacket

Fingering the wrinkles of your leather jacket November wind clinging to the skin the cold zipper big by a basket full of sweet potatoes in the bronze reflection of the...

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