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The Pier | Chris Byrne
Granite glistened as the rain lashed down Upon it, glinting, flickering in the vague Sunlight that appeared in the distance Rocks ever so slimy as we walked Waves crashing against the shore, An aroma washed into our senses Of salt and seaweed refreshing Our minds as we randomly giggled And chatted about life while Trying…
Cheese Steak | G. S. Katz
Been interviewing friends About their cheese steak preferences These super fat meat bombs Always look better than they taste Still it’s hard to resist The carnivore lust Slam it down with a few beers Then the best nap ever Priceless The post Cheese Steak | G. S. Katz appeared first on Best Poetry. Go to…
WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: January 10, 2024
Lately I have been with obsessed with the sonnet—all it can hold within those 14 lines. So many variations of the sonnet (Coleman, Hayes, Hamby, just to name a few!)…Enter Aaron Smith who uses the same end word—sissy—all the way through…. Sissy I can’t remember my dad calling me a sissy, but he definitely told…
Phillip B. Williams: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________ Epithalamium A kiss. Train ride home from a late dinner, City Hall and document signing. Wasn’t cold but we cuddled in an empty car, legal. Last month a couple of guys left a gay…
WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: March 13, 2024
Henrietta Goodman’s book Antilla takes its title from a phantom island that appeared on 15th century maps. The lush poems in Antilla (The Backwaters Press) continually question what is here and what isn’t, through ghostly presences. In “What Are We Going to Turn Into?” Goodman even refers to her son as pop culture’s friendly ghost…
Liberties of the Imagination: Poems by Joseph Harrison, commentary by Mary Jo Salter [part 3 of 5]
Today I want to comment on the ingenuity of just one poem in Joseph Harrison’s crown of sonnets, “As If.” This one is the third in a series of… twenty-two sonnets! All of them speak of an unrealized love affair. from “As If” (#3) Look in my heart, what’s left of it, and write The…