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I started posting poems on this Substack around four years ago, in the midst of Covid. The fact that, as of now (September 2024), I’ve posted close to…
Nov 25, 2020
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Blame
Blame The bullets were just out for a run. They intended to keep going Until they got tired and arced down into the grass To be wondered at by the…
Jan 14
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Lambs
Lambs Eating lamb, I remember the lambs We had for a time.
Jan 8
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Snow Tunnels
Snow Tunnels After plowing the lane a neighbor Left you boys like a favor a bank of snow In which were mixed mud and gravel Like cookies and fudge in…
Jan 4
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Grief and Love
Grief and Love Love is the mother of Grief. Grief is Love’s child. Were it not for Love, Grief would never have been born. And when Grief grows up…
Dec 29, 2025
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Punts
Punts I used to practice punting a football Over the horizontal branch Of one of the three oak trees That stood shoulder to green Shoulder on one side…
Dec 27, 2025
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The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker Opening night.
Dec 24, 2025
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Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice Here we are again.
Dec 21, 2025
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The Cartographer
The cartographer got drunk,
Dec 17, 2025
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Roadtrip
Roadtrip These headlights are serious as fists But the dark keeps backing up laughing * Tail lights like a snake bite Someone had to suck the venom from…
Dec 10, 2025
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The Theologian
The Theologian The theologian wakes beside his wife, Reads the Times over breakfast, And, around nine, Begins to think about God. He lives so close, He…
Dec 7, 2025
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Poets Are Spiders
Poets Are Spiders It takes no effort to catch a fly. What takes effort is spinning the web Out of the silk of one’s very life, Choosing carefully the…
Dec 5, 2025
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Grief
Grief We should be grateful grief is so unique.
Dec 5, 2025
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Evil
Evil There are no evil people in the world, just evil. What people used to call the devil.
Dec 4, 2025
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