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VERSE / Larry Piltz : After Me!
“Paranoid Face 2” / Art-Visionary. After Me! (for Richard and Thorne) I just don’t know which way to goI just can’t think here on the brinkam I deranged or madif so I’m gladdon’t know what else could feel so bad the … Continue reading
POETRY / Gregg Barrios : ‘El hijo de Frida y Diego’
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Photo from Yoreme’s Weblog See Video of Gregg Barrios reading ‘Chale Guerra,’ Below. El hijo de Frida y Diego I am the promised root born through artful inseminationI am the manchild borne through prehysteric supplicationI … Continue reading
‘Be Safe’ : A Poem by Mariann G. Wizard
“A Fox in the Hen House,” woodcut by Chet Philips / The Painter Factory.In response to former Vice President Cheney’s ongoing fear-mongering and divisiveness. Be Safe “Be safe,” we say, when taking leave of friend and family member –“Be safe,” … Continue reading
Singin’ on Thursday: Leonard Cohen, Poetic Master
Thank You Leonard CohenBy Joel Hirschhorn / May 14, 2009 The other night I went to a Leonard Cohen concert. I have never seen a huge audience over a very broad age spectrum so completely enraptured, impassioned and wild over … Continue reading
Larry Piltz : These Future Days
“A” is for Android / James “Jimbot” Demski / Idiot Box Artwork. These Future Days I’ve got a clock that runs on watermy dog takes Chinese herbsI live next door to my dear wife’s houseand I’m not a bit perturbedmy … Continue reading
Larry Piltz : Intimate Resurrection
Intimate Resurrection I rise from your grave looking for youseven weeks after your passingseven weeks after you were pluckedfrom your cold reposeswaddled in linen and longingpressed tenderly to my cleft breastcarried slowly through the doorsof your life one last timeand … Continue reading
Alyce Guynn : Blue, Black and In Between
Poet and novelist Al Young. Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Motta-Passajou / Appalachian State University News.Blue, Black and In Between Have you seen her dressed in blue? ….She comes in colors everywhereShe combs her hair; she’s like a rainbowComing, colors in … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Red Bard: ‘The Poems of Mao Zedong’
If I had to compare Mao to an American I’d say he was akin to Whitman, though I’d add that Whitman’s lines are longer, that the rhythms feel different and the voices aren’t the same. Mao is never as tender … Continue reading
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POETRY / Alyce Guynn : Cardinal in Pyracantha
Cardinal, detail from quilt / Wolven CyberArts Cardinal in Pyracantha A wind chime plays softly the melody of memory soaked in winter sun Bright the contrast between then and now like the cardinal in my pyracantha bush The breeze behind … Continue reading
POETRY / Larry Piltz : The Wargazaw Ghetto
A Volcano for a live event at Ruth Eckard Performing Art Center, with Propane Flames, Cyro Jets and LSG / Zigmont / effectspecialist.com. The Wargazaw Ghettohas towering furnace buildingsthat become exploding volcanosstreaming smoke, fire, and ashupward to Actual Heavena waystation … Continue reading
POETRY / Larry Piltz : People of a Jealous God
move Air Wing One to Sector Nineand Air Wing Two just across the linerefresh the map at Sector Rnow flood the field with hover carclick it once to enlarge the gridencrypt the code for Captain Kidddelete and clear each square … Continue reading
POETRY / Larry Piltz : The Messiah is always coming
Cartoon: Jesus-ufo-nesara / mattstone.blogs.com. The Messiah is always comingwith a wink and a constant drummingwith a fife and annoying hummingto a world that believes He’ll be slummingyes the Messiah is always coming The Messiah is always arrivingwith His seatbelt fastened … Continue reading
