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Anemone

5/30/2019

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*Anemone* 16" H X 20" W Acrylic On Canvas
Fragile
Flower,
Pale
As
Air,
Hovers
Transparent
And
Virgin
Fair.
Petals
Curve,
Barely
Seen,
Leaves
And
Stem
Dusty
Green.
Beauty,
Beauty
For
A
Day,
Before
Perfection
Fades
And
Forgotten
Loveliness
Is
Cast
Away.

 

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Voice

5/28/2019

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*Picasso* Old Woman With Gloves
Bold
Heroine
Of
The
Printed
Page,
Hailed
As
A
Literary
Rage,
Has
Now
Assumed
The
Mantle
Of
A
Sage.
Although
Breastfallen
With
Age
And
Trimmed
By
Operation,
Continues
To
Provoke
The
Nation
By
Word
And
Deed,
Satisfying
A
Rebel
Need
To
Jolt
Every
Complacent
Dolt
Into
Wakefulness,
And
Bring
Order
To
Our
Human
Mess.


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Perception

5/26/2019

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*Alberto Giacometti* Observational Drawing
If
I close
My
Eyes,
I can
See
Him
There,
Seated
In
His
Favorite
Chair,
The
Way
He
Combed
His
Hair,
The
Clothes
He
Used
To
Wear.
When
I reach
Out,
I only
Touch
Empty
Air,
But
Still,
I win,
And
For
A
Moment,
He
Is
Mine
Again.


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Voyage

5/24/2019

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Ever
Long
To
Get
Away
From
The
Tiresome
Every
Day?
Pack
A
Grip
And
Take
A
Trip,
Row
Your
Self
And
Friend
To
Where
The
Star
Light
Bends,
And
Among
The
Pleiades,
Satisfy
Your
Needs
For
Space
And
To
Escape
The
Faulty
Human
Race.


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Expedition

5/22/2019

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*The Sellers Of Oranges* 11" H X 14" W Oil On Canvas
Traveling
South
On
A
Train,
The
Morning
After
Heavy
Rain,
The
Window
Furred
With
Mist,
Kissed
With
Grime,
The
Track
Echoing
Back
Forgotten
Time,
Flying
Past
A
Shack
And
Farmhouse
Stand,
A
Breakfast
Orange
In
My
Hand,
Headed
For
The
Promise
Land.

 

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Homeboy

5/20/2019

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*Endless Highway* Bob Dylan
Neighbor
Man
Drives
His
Clan
In
A
Dented
Dodge
Van.
The
License
Plate
Has
Lost
A
Screw
And
Hangs
Askew.
This
Sets
My
Universe
Ajar,
Do
They
Not
Notice
Their
Own
Car,
Or
Is
That
How
Preoccupied
They
Are?
Caught
In
A
World
Of
Inanity,
This
Specimen
Of
Solemn
Paternity
Every
Day
Ferries
Them
All
Away
On
The
Endless
Road
To
Eternity.

 
 

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Will

5/18/2019

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*Fabrizio Cassetta* Watercolor Portrait of W.S.
I read
And
Hear
Again
The
Timeless
Voice
Of
Him
Who
Made
The
Choice
To
Limn
Life’s
Squalor
And
Beauty,
Which
Is
A
Writer’s
Sacred
Duty.
With
Every
Word
He
Had
To
Say,
In
Every
Heartfelt
Sonnet
And
Insightful
Play,
He
Shaped
The
Myriad
 
Ways
We
Live
Today,
And
Deserves
Our
Praise.


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For She Knows Who

5/16/2019

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The
Lovely
Garden
That
You
Kept
Until
It
Flourished,
Ever
Nourished
By
Your
Hands,
Becomes
Another’s
Lands
As
You
Move
On
To
Find
New
Roots,
Replacing
Blossoms
Left
Behind.


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Offspring

5/12/2019

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*Standing Mother And Child* Steel on Pine Base 6 1/8" H
He
Came
About
In
A
Brief
Impulse
Of
Relief,
Winter
Love
By
A
Parting
Pair
And
Raised
On
Air,
Soon
Learned
Reality
Was
Not
Quite
There,
But
Ever
Turning
Back
To
Track
Days
Past
That
Did
Not
Last
But
Left
Their
Mark
To
Remind
Him
Life
Is
Not
Kind
And
Must
Be
Shaped
To
Fit
His
Mind.


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Weatherish

5/10/2019

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Rain
Today,
Blowing
Spring
Away,
Bending
The
Rose
Bush,
Scattering
New
Leaves
In
A
Chilly
Push.
The
Blooms
Hold
Fast
As
The
Gusts
Rush
Past,
The
Blossoms
Facing
Up,
To
Catch
The
Droplets
Like
A
Cup.

 
 
 

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