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Persistent Tides | Lexington Poetry Month Shore birds skitter dunewardwhile the wave break depositsmorsels for them to peckfrom the cooling sand. Coastlines form battle trenchesbetween the hungry mawof ocean and the structuresof avaricious de...

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Circus Maximus | Lexington Poetry Month Turn left, turn leftshriek of grinding metaltwo colorful carstrade paint before the boomand the flames gasp for oxygen Turn left, turn leftshriek of whipped fleshtwo colorful jockeysheads lowered befo...

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Glass Piece & Posters from a Small-Town Museum | Lexington Poetry Month Glass of glowing figshaped splendor… purplesyellows, blues and blendedgreens stretching oblong& vasing gallons of air:A Tiffany style trap ofArt against Nature. Beyond, the Belle Epoque begins,covered...

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So Raise Your Glass | Lexington Poetry Month Every good apocalypse throws a good red carpet pre-party.   The Theatre of the Renaissance complete with Rococo influences, Tiffany lamps, a Parisian Palace on Ice and fluted glasses well […]

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Fire of an Unknown Origin | Lexington Poetry Month Corroded dreams taste of tungsten and ash. Not broken, just burnt by the heat and friction of mundane details. Each striking score of match-flame bears names like compounded interest or […]

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Corvus, By Any Other Name | Lexington Poetry Month The juvenile crow’s eyes are blue— and darken as they age. The feathers are not black, but iridescent, purples and greens reflecting sun. Winging upward or careful stepping towards the […]

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On Seeing a French Poster for the Ice Palace | Lexington Poetry Month textbooks called them “Lost” border after border crossed before being labeled “Expatriates”   the search for Art, Music, Words,even just a decent damned conversation at a café in the Monmartre­— […]

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Hospital Room with a View | Lexington Poetry Month My blood, my broth my bones, my bullet pocked blessings container spins a slow arc from sunset towards dark.   Limbs collapse like the mold covered camp chair we left […]

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Rattle Chapbook Prize Deadline: January 15th

All you need is a dozen poems and a theme*!

* Theme not necessary; any number of poems 15 - 30 pages in total length may apply. Three winners receive $5,000 and more. It might be the best poetry book prize in the world, so don't miss it!

Front Porch 430AM

Can’t squeeze any more
from the Shakespearean rag,
it’s all felt and funny and dry
and I am none of those things.

Short-cutting realism, I am striding
from signifier to sign, stringing up
Xmas ornaments made from last week’s trash.

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Black wolf looking straight at the camera. Pine forest behind. Yellow eyes.

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The chunk of moon
remaining this morning,
cracked by leafless oaks,
swallowing meteors
with her dusty oceans
pushes against
the morningstar.

Colt kicks, flashing hooves
& hope against
the young death face,
circled by a black track.

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Now I know what to do with the autographed first editions. They are going with me.

Should be in every newsagents window.

Wow. Amazing how Buddhist poets over 2000 years ago perfectly anticipated social media

Trail Mix doing the Dawn Patrol.

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Can confirm.

"Clouds bring a blanket/to the dusk" is stunningly good personification and imagery. Great write.

Pretty much explains where and how I got my story-writing sensibilities.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20
#bookchallenge #booksky

Armistice Nov. 11

Rusted metal shapes memory.
The radio tower collapsed at 5:45 am.
Transmission ceased from the spires
no blacksmith ever folded.

The writing in the sky
looks like clouds today.

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Don't forget the middle school phenomena that a hoodie counts as a heavy winter coat.

Winter

Deconstructs my front yard
with every flake sticking
to branch tree leaf stone
grass hollow and hole
working hard to obscure
hope

But the birds
keep leaving tracks
slices impressions scars
surfacing seeds below
snow

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20

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Reminds me of the old "speculative fiction" label that Vonnegut, Ballard, Disch, Ellison, and others worked under. Try "Repent Harlequin Said the TikTok Man" and "The Drowned World"