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Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 3, 2018 in Poetry | 0 comments

WAR

WAR The clowns and the names Run together calico flames In a garden of epitaphs Bowed beneath trees the staff Crooked with notes dead in throats Golems cracked by the...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 27, 2018 in Poetry | 0 comments

TRUE STORY

Visiting Peggy at the Cayuga Ridge Extended Care â€œNobody feels any painâ€â€”Bob Dylan, Laureate Sang and Peggy lies at the bottom of a painless Corridor draped in...

Posted by jonfrankel on Aug 3, 2018 in Poetry | 1 comment

A Message

A MESSAGE What is the state of this unrest? To lie in the dark and rustle To dream and hustle To rise like a wave and crest. I feel its feet threading the sheets its...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 23, 2018 in Poetry | 0 comments

SMALL

SMALL I gave What a child Cannot refuse To give love You did not earn Thirst blind Radiant need To...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 9, 2018 in Marianne Hauser, Poetry | 2 comments

ICU

ICU A place lit by glacial dynamite A palace built of tears. The glass weeps rain And the walls are full of sorrow. A castle-derelict of undone duty The exasperating...

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 donâ€™t mind the shade. It leads this way...

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