Tag: poetry
member name: Chris Brockman
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December 07, 2009 10:20 PM EST --
Songs
Words and music, a happy combination,
each provides a solid foundation
for the other to build on.
Start with a weeping, . . .
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December 03, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
Kushal had to go and bring up teddy bears, so I have to post my own tribute to the fuzzballs.
Tried And True
Teddy bears, Teddy bears,
Everywhere there’re . . .
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June 21, 2009 02:01 PM EDT --
The Sound of Flowers
Persuading propagation through
Florabundant finery,
Persistent and insistent in iteration,
Flowers fire the imagination,
Inspire love's fascination, . . .
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July 12, 2008 03:07 PM EDT --
This was published in the Winter issue of the Oakland Journal
On Hearing Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony" For The 99 th Time
I do not think I will ever witness perfection in music. . . .
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August 29, 2008 10:29 AM EDT --
I teach community college writing classes at a federal prison. Our fall semester just started, so I am very much caught up in that milieu. My mind turns to an introductory poetry class I facilitated . . .
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October 25, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
America
What is America?
America is a hockey mom
Who runs to be Vice President.
It's a man with an African father
Who is elected President.
It's . . .
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January 09, 2009 05:14 PM EST --
NATURE'S CHILD
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April 12, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
Free As A Bird
The breaking sun flashes
Off the razor wire
That slinks around
The edge of the prison yard
Like a crown of thorns.
The inmate . . .
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April 20, 2009 09:19 AM EDT --
By All Means
"Shall we dance," said the politician to the
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May 01, 2009 03:11 PM EDT --
Market Ability
Writing successfully I am
Aristotle, Cervantes,
Twain, Mencken, and Billy Collins.
Adrenaline rushes, face flushes,
And a noticeable mental . . .
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June 18, 2009 02:27 PM EDT --
Notes on Life
The melody is what we live for
no matter what the source
or style of the score.
Simple folksong . . .
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August 15, 2009 08:57 AM EDT --
…blowin’ in the wind
On the Beach
On the beach, out of reach
of the vicissitudes . . .
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August 22, 2009 09:54 AM EDT --
DEAD DOG IN DITCH
Only a few hours ago the two of them
ran through the hayfield,
vital and carefree.
I swear both of them were laughing.
This morning . . .
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October 15, 2009 02:41 PM EDT --
Teacher Teacher
“Teacher, teacher,” her students beseech her,
Teach us everything we need to know.
Help us learn and help us grow
Into the people we want to be,
Into . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:53 AM EST --
A Congress of Birds
(Heard on my morning walk)
The birds are assembled in their
Various trees at the edge
Of the forest.
They’re screeing and squawking,
Whistling . . .
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November 29, 2009 06:39 PM EST --
Music To Me
Music, to me, is the sound of the soul,
The song of the heart.
It says things that can’t otherwise be said,
Speaks feelings that can’t . . .
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August 06, 2008 04:40 PM EDT --
I wrote this poem for my teenage children so that they could visualize what I mean by philosophy.
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November 06, 2008 09:48 PM EST --
My wife came home from a NOW convention years ago with a tee-shirt on which was a drawing of Emma Goldman and the quote: "If I can't dance, comrade, then I don't want to be part of . . .
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November 14, 2008 09:34 AM EST --
Out Damned Spot!
You know those frisky, faithful tunes,
The kind that follows you out of the yard
And won't go back no matter what you do?
You try . . .
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March 21, 2009 05:20 PM EDT --
Rude Awakening
The first day of an early spring has come
and I've gone out walking
to welcome again the touch
of friendly air on my skin,
to experience, . . .
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