Category Archives: Poetry

Shadow At Dusk Haiku

June 18, 2025 – 9:21 am

broad channel bridge I no more look in the mirror Only a naked silhouette at dusk___ underneath the borad chnnel bridge looking for horsecrabs. I saw two.

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Montauk # 17

June 16, 2025 – 11:45 am

Walking away from the morning crowd Walking away from the morning crowd At Ditch Plains People’s voices Fading with every step Under the waves Crossing the foreshore To the high tide mark of Seaweed, driftwood, crab shells, and dead fish___ My bare footprints Last seconds___ I stand Water swirling around my feet I’ve been here […]

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Leaves On An Alley Tree

June 3, 2025 – 12:58 pm

Everything doesn’t happen for a reason and everything does happen for no reason None of it our fault, unless it was by mistake.- James Steele I read poetry everywhere To the wind if necessary And I was granted madness after my long illness. My life is completely meaningless I’m listening to THREE DOG NIGHT And […]

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A May Bee – Bleecker Street Balcony with a Vu

June 2, 2025 – 9:43 am

Bleecker Street afternoon The 9th floor balcony Balmy end of May My birthday I banished the noises The traffic The voices of pedestrians On the street The hum of ACs But not the breeze Not the Buzz of a scout bee Seeking sweetness We have met before He bigger than the end of April A […]

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Montauk Train # 26

May 18, 2025 – 5:33 pm

Sitting on the stairs The Montauk train platform Sun on my face No one in sight No sea gulls No cars Only the train yard Rails gleam in the afternoon sun Polished by trains Transporting passengers to and from points West___ The steel from the last century The engine and cars too I also come […]

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