Fears

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on May 22nd, 2010 @ 10:55:03 am , using 113 words, 18 views
Category: Poetry

Fears     for Peter Marin   Is it death          finally behind it?       pulling the plug                   on grandpa? End of life care-- One Tea Part y sign reads 'No more Afro-Leninism'   No guns for terrorists? 'You're with… more »

The Order Of Things by Peter Marin

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on May 5th, 2010 @ 09:41:40 am , using 112 words, 47 views
Category: Poetry

     THE ORDER OF THINGS                             (For Stanley Keleman)     The order of things   revealing itself permits us   the freedom of rest --   this, then, is our world.   Mathematicians know it   among numbers, thinkers   am… more »

In Memoriam (W.D. Snodgrass) by Wayne Frank

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on April 18th, 2010 @ 10:12:04 am , using 154 words, 68 views
Category: Poetry

                                                                    In Memoriam                                             (W.D. Snodgrass 1926-2009)   My friend has chosen how to die in Upstate New York under a winter sky with the snow fall… more »

The Prospects After Rain

Posted by: Steve Belasco
Published on March 12th, 2010 @ 10:25:33 am , using 148 words, 35 views
Category: Poetry

The sky Exhausted now Settles back on blue High count Egyptian cotton sheets And pillowed on Wet earth Falls blank With sleep.   And we have time To tidy all the clutter up Before the quickening Below comes By the truckload Busting up It… more »

Variations on themes

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on February 15th, 2010 @ 11:04:52 am , using 206 words, 40 views
Category: Poetry, Commentary

Valentine Sunday in San Miguel, sort of a lot going on, stopped for a beer with M. Night before big fiesta R. threw at Longhorn Barbecue, lots of food and drink. Breakfast near the Jardin, diner outside M's house with pina coladas and salad. World contin… more »

IN ANCIENT CHARGE

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on February 12th, 2010 @ 02:09:52 pm , using 89 words, 39 views
Category: Poetry

     IN  ANCIENT CHARGE   Charged up by the daily fury. No dice if there is not another spirit or play or bodily form outpacing desire. Notions of wealth come and go, artillery and engines bought & sold for war or traffic on the byway… more »

Saints 31, Colts 17

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on February 8th, 2010 @ 03:32:19 pm , using 65 words, 35 views
Category: Poetry

Saints 31, Colts 17 Drew Brees drops back in time to let the receivers loose & whips the spiraling ball downfield. So much care in the plaything, the object of joy a fathomless human gravity without error, a dance and a battle, armor… more »

Not Titled

Posted by: Steve Belasco
Published on January 14th, 2010 @ 08:19:27 am , using 200 words, 43 views
Category: Poetry

Public television and a few other stationsAre educational and realizeThe possibilities of informationFree of the feel you get hacking aside thickJungle vines and underbrush watchingFor snakes, covered in sweat you won’tCleanse for days in pur… more »