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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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Un-Rhymed

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Walking down the boulevard To the Bowery slums, Broken dreams and broken men Drenched in kerosene. Standing in […]

July 2, 2018 Poetry

Disconnected

Disconnected, Adrift in the gray. Bright colors of life Muted by dense fog, Murmuring voices Talking around And […]

June 26, 2018 Poetry

Vacuums and Scars

A living nightmare From which I cannot wake. Coming apart at tge seems Like an ill made scarecrow […]

June 25, 2018 Poetry

Sweet Surrender

The world can Wear you down, Like a slow steady stream Of liquid bullshit Grinding granite to sand, […]

June 14, 2018 Poetry

Dry Bones – a Haiku

Valley of dry bones The breath of life in the wind Life is born of death

June 7, 2018 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

A Twitch Away From the End

The cold taste of steel In your mouth, The faint scent of gunpowder Stings your throat. Just a […]

May 14, 2018 Poetry

Unfulfilled

40 years ago 16 flags unfurled o’er the fields In the days after The hard rain fell And […]

April 28, 2018 Poetry

Homeward Bound

On the road again Back to where it all began, Where it will all end, Where it already […]

April 24, 2018 Poetry

Down the Tracks

Life is not a road On which we walk. Roads can be walked In either direction. Life is […]

April 23, 2018 Poetry

Carpe Diem – a Tanka

Delicate rosebuds Collected in the garden, Sweet smell of summer, Now just dried dead memories As we all, […]

April 19, 2018 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

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