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I am a Manhattan attorney as well as an observational poet with three books so far: Precise Moment, synchronicity, and Petrichor. The last two are available on B&N.com, Amazon, and other online booksellers. All opinions, likes, and reposts are mine alone.

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Waiting Iโ€™ve noticed it more and more over the past few months A feeling of momentum, perhaps radical changes just ahead That point in life where loss arrives alongside detachment Not a surrender, reโ€ฆ

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The Cold Only Runs So Deep Heโ€™s on the ground in the mostly empty train station parking lot โ€“ itโ€™s Veteranโ€™s Day after all Heโ€™s breathing but barely moving in the midst of this sudden cold snap โ€ฆ

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Cover art and design for poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Bright oranges, pinks & reds, golden hues, stacked city on the left margin, bottom has a small house with phone hanging down, top has a clock timed at 11. Right side has line structures near top. Art by Clare Johnson, design by Tonya Namura. Available online!

Cover art and design for poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Bright oranges, pinks & reds, golden hues, stacked city on the left margin, bottom has a small house with phone hanging down, top has a clock timed at 11. Right side has line structures near top. Art by Clare Johnson, design by Tonya Namura. Available online!

My 4th poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies," published by MoonPath Press June 2024!

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Transitions I am neither a classically trained poet nor an MFA-credentialed writer As a lawyer, my role for the past forty years has been primarily to observe before reacting And then to sketch out a reasonablโ€ฆ

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A Lifetime Of Autumns Leaves struggle for their freedom, aided only by the cool, morning wind Acorns press into the earth, plotting their methodical rise above sweet but ancient forebears As life both above and below thโ€ฆ

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Observable Light Moonlight sets the sky Stars begin their quiet fade Disguised, but still there Fractured slices of sun split The morning darkness Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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The Separation Between memory and imagination lies a breath, a color, a single thought Separating physical from self, mind from body, heart from head Like a shard of eternity that both pierces reality and definesโ€ฆ

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Noticing An observation: Too many people bring hate Humanity cries Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Coldโ€™s Nap Temperatures sink Waving in the winterโ€™s move A time to chill out Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Water In Your Hands Scoop up a handful of that bluish, golden liquid Whether freshwater or salty, whether purified or cloudy your next move is crucial Cup your hands, and you can live alongside it for a time Tighten yโ€ฆ

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Fear Redress Some ignited a fire just for gain Some sat on the sidelines, duly fain While most could only bear the pain But soon a reckoning A moment to confess That day draws near To fear redress Copyright Thoโ€ฆ

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Haiku-ing Seasonal topic And correct syllable count Flows into haiku Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Autumn Winds Autumnโ€™s icebound winds Lay the groundwork for stillness During winterโ€™s rest Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Reminders Nightingales whisper As the night sky settles in A song of longing Reminding me of days past And of heartbreaks yet to come Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Love Language Writing about love Cannot explain its workings Pen and paper fade But love is the heartโ€™s lifeblood Unsurrendering to time Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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Autumnโ€™s Fall Surrendering leaves Beget opportunities For color and death Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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The Silence Itself Will Tell You Listen for it The silence that screams to be heard Bend your ear, close your eyes and wait The silence itself will tell you why youโ€™re afraid why youโ€™re confused how to stop pretending โ€ฆ

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Flutterings The advent of love Awakens both earth and soul Breaching that closed space Where my heart was once dormant But now it flutters with joy Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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What Means This Cold? Morning erupts in a blast of unexpected salvation After a cold, dark, unforgiving night that left my head sore My eyes red, my body shaken The late night rain dampened the earth along with my spiriโ€ฆ

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About Time Has time itself slowed down? Or is it some ancient hunger calling for me to escape between the passing moments knowing that I must now pay closer attention to each of them? That thought would have โ€ฆ

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Windows At Night Windows serve a dual purpose During the day, they show us the world and the world to us By nightfall, once the inside lights strike them just so, Windows transform into the softest of mirrors Exposโ€ฆ

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A Few Steps To Understanding First came the hesitation, the slower movements and cautious steps whenever we approached the handful of front porch stairs More a lack of confidence than a lack of strength โ€“ will the hard, โ€ฆ

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Fear Fear is not an ally of faith. Itโ€™s a commodity trading in manipulation and deceit โ€“ one that leaves both tyrant and guardian all the poorer. Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: โ€ฆ

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Solitary Sentinel Fallโ€™s mascot awaits Exhalations of color Already stirring Copyright Thomas Zampino Authorโ€™s Photo 9/21/25

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Proximate Not Intimate You can stand next to me and never know me You can read my words and fail to understand You chose to ignore the cries of those who are afraid, suffering, warning us, falsely accused Your silence teโ€ฆ

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๏ฟผIf I Couldnโ€™t Fall Sometimes I walk to the bay and watch the seagulls fly. Wings wide open, the wind both protagonist and antagonist in this air and sea playground. I think about what it might mean to have no fear ofโ€ฆ

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Putting It All Together Revelation is more likely to unfold before us when first measured out Rather than in some swift, life altering flashes True, there are occasional โ€œEureka!โ€ moments Explosions that risk both vulneraโ€ฆ

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Cycles To start again now At late summerโ€™s golden cusp Breathes life into fall Copyright Thomas Zampino 2025 Image Credit: Pixabay

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