Two Dozen African Girls
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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...
On This Day – November 15
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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...
The Life of a Leaf
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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 ...
A Hillside Bare
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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...
The Miracle of Rubber Soul
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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...
You are Very Musical
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Tzipora Jochsberger, Founder of Jewish Arts School 1920-2017 Before action there are words Before words there is thought It won’t happen without a verb And just thinking leads to naught Words can be the end itself And phrases can be passive But she heard a voice deeply felt And it saved her from the...