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November 2017

Pillar of Salt

Pillar of Salt I saw an ex the other day, she was the one who left Years since she went away, tears have long been wept We were going our separate ways, our eyes rose and met Something there bade me stay, I slowed to pause and ….yet   I continued with my steady pace,...

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Two Dozen African Girls

Photo: AFP Two Dozen African Girls Two dozen African girls Found floating in the sea We live in what kind of world That this is on page three? If this happened on the Hudson Or on Long Island Sound No story line above them Cameras all around We hear so much that distance Doesn’t matter...

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On This Day – November 15

On This Day – September 15 Cutters killed in Kansas, Capote writes in a style never seen before If he wrote today he’d use emojis To say “Hey everyone! Lock your doors!” It is a day that ended discrimination And Gypsies wept to hear the news From Heinrich Himmler (he got an ovation) “They are...

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The Life of a Leaf

The Life of a Leaf I don’t know why I stopped to stare freezing dusk in November wide white birch nearly bare a lone leaf above untethered   The air lilted it to the ground It landed where I would step I lost my will for homeward bound And stayed to pay final respects  ...

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A Hillside Bare

A Hillside Bare New England November, no longer prey Tourists surrendered overrun by the gray The leaves were lovely and lifted the air But there’s something of comfort in a hillside bare The river’s less wild, an easier ambience Its job for awhile was posing for transients Now it just carries water, no putting on...

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The Miracle of Rubber Soul

30 Days!! By eleven November, deliver a record The Beatles’ contract tightly drawn Two albums a year In mid-October they came together They were fab but..come on! No pressure here   Thirty days, sixteen songs An album plus a forty-five Plus a Christmas tune for fans Great Britain Thirty days the race was on To...

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