Category Archives: Poems

The Pandemic Spring – Susan Notar

A false new birth.   This too blue sky.   These red tulips with yellow pistils yawn open.   The sparrows outside my dining room window harvest soft fluff grass twigs for their nest to welcome their chicks they know … Continue reading

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Proof of Life – Francesca Rand

Lavender plants basking on the balcony Cardinals bantering in the tree below A lone squirrel scampers across the street A warm breeze blows through the silence of the courtyard, scattering leaves across the damp grass The only remnants of last … Continue reading

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My Scared Little Rabbit – Dennis Price

My Scared little rabbit 4/15/2020 (For Toby)   My scared little rabbit. Wide eyed staring at the Corona news in the papers At the bottom of your cage. It’s no wonder you don’t come out To nibble the clover, With … Continue reading

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Call for Poems: COVID-19

Yes, I’m looking for poems about your experience with the COVIC-19 pandemic. Feeling secluded? Lonely” Scared? Unsettled? Have you experienced the virus or know someone who has? Lost anyone? Are you feeling uncertain about the future? This is a non-judged, … Continue reading

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amerika the grate

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Grace Cavalieri’s The Poet and the Poem

Proud to be part of Grace Cavalieri’s The Poet and the Poem alongside so many fine poets. Tune in to Pacific Radio from between January 10 and June 27, 2018.  

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The Poet and the Poem

On Tuesday, My 23, it was my pleasure to be a guest on Grace Cavalieri’s “The Poet and the Poem.” The program is recorded at the Library of Congress and is broadcast, at a later date, on Pacifica Radio and … Continue reading

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On the Air

Reading “LA Central Library”  from Garden of Rain LA Central Library Standing in line for 15 minutes of internet Tom Bradley Wing LA Central Library the alkies the druggies even the homeless need to charge their iPods. Quintessential LA quintessentially … Continue reading

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Flag Burning

WHO SAYS I can’t burn your flag just watch I am the anti-Christ you say I am the radical terrorist waiting to shoot down your twisted idea of democracy I am the welfare mother sucking on the swollen tits of … Continue reading

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What to Do On Inauguration Day

Wear black. Tell your friends you’re in mourning. Shed a tear but don’t let tears blind your way. Fly the flag at half-mast. If you have a pennant for your lapel, wear it upside down or pin directly to chest: … Continue reading

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