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Voices II

When the old song comes on the radio and, through the swim club’s aging system, wafts into this sunny air, my transportation is complete.  Childhood living, the singer begins.  And that’s what it was, you know.  Childhood living.  We were … Continue reading

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Good Night

The lamp by the walkway shines in the glossy night Making tiny diamonds on the wet leaves of the holly and the boxwood I hear raindrops fall like whispers onto the leaves and grass I shiver in the chill and … Continue reading

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Morning Poem, September 10, 2014

The Quiet Rain   The quiet rain drifts like a dream over town It whispers on the streets Its billion tiny splashes lift an inch of mist above the dark pavement.   It soaks the soil persisting till it soothes … Continue reading

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Back To School

You cannot get all there is All that is there for you All that you are supposed to get The romance and destiny that life has to offer By filling in forms By finding out just what the teacher wants … Continue reading

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Morning Poem, August 19, 2014

In The Cool Of The Morning   In July there is more than just the heat of the day The sweaty, sticky, exhausting heat Look at those who rise early and walk in the long shade in the lingering breath … Continue reading

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Morning Poem, August 18, 2014

Late Night   Sleepless at one-thirty I rise and open a window for a draught of real air. It is silent outside, I’ve outlasted even the crickets and cicadas. Street lamps, one near and one far make crosses of light … Continue reading

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The Characteristics of Modern Poets #12

The mystic, having once seen the truth, is patient and brave.  For him, there is no worship of counterfeit gold and no fear of counterfeit power.

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The Last Rose Of Summer

The people who first lived in this house were aristocrats. Even their women were college educated and this in a day when girls around here got married and that was it. I remember hearing my uncle talk about them. He … Continue reading

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Evening Post, August 14. 2014

A memoir: a prose poem It is always August.  There was something in those thirty days under the Dog Star that seemed permanent and everlasting.   The weeks in June and July had been long enough to dim the memory of … Continue reading

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Evening Post, August 13, 2014: Excerpt from Novel

This evening’s post is a passage from my novel,In The Forest Of The Night. It is a description of a state trooper (who is investigating a murder) driving from the rural coalfields of southern West Virginia to the State Capital. … Continue reading

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