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The Love Song of a Lost Raven

After TS Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ And then I went All on my own […]

July 24, 2020 Poetry

There Once Was A Poet (For Dr. Seuss)

I wrote this poem way back in May of 1991 after reading that Dr. Seuss, a favorite author […]

September 25, 2018 Poetry

Drifting

Drifting down the docks at night In someone else’s clothes. The passers by look right through me As […]

July 27, 2018 Poetry

Stormbringer

Cold black blade Burning blood red runes Wisdom worms Burrowing into tombs The price of the blade Is […]

November 12, 2017 Poetry

The Lovin’ in Vain Blues

  What do you do When all your love’s in vain? Tell me, what do you do When […]

November 2, 2017 Poetry

Still on the Road

Driving down the poison highway Through the nightmares of my youth: Saccharine poetry, suicidal thoughts; Disastrous experiments with […]

September 29, 2017 Poetry

Margaret (Dream #4)

I’m sorry, Margaret I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just did what I thought was right But […]

September 24, 2017 Poetry

Broken Hearts

We are the broken men We hold our broken hearts, We are the stupid men Chasing those stupid […]

September 21, 2017 Poetry

Toys in the Attic

The lunatic is in my room, I never thought he’d find me so soon The lunatic is in […]

September 20, 2017 Poetry

From a Dream

This poem was written during my senior year in high school when I was 17 years old. Some […]

August 24, 2017 Poetry

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