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The Smell of the Old

April 7, 2024 – 7:51 am

One night I asked Alex “Do I smell old.” Sniff. “No.” She had a cold.

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The Shadow of Le Cafe de Flore

April 4, 2024 – 9:04 am

Early April Evening on Myrtle Avenue The neighborhood afoot on the sidewalk Car traffic dying down Not quiet, just quieter I sit in a collapsible chair A cappuccino on a wooden picnic table My world passing In the peace of the evening. A terrace of my own making. I eat grapes and sip coffee Happy […]

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LAZARUS II – POETRY ON SALE

March 28, 2024 – 4:42 pm

LAZURUS II BY PETER NOLAN SMITH FOTOS BY SHANNON GREER, RAOUL OLLMAN, AND FX TIMONEY PUBLISHED BY MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2024 Nearing Christmas 2022 I was experiencing liver failure. At 69 my chances for a transplant were slim, however early on Yulemas Weill-Cornell called to say come in, “We have a liver for you.” I packed […]

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A Wet March Saturday

March 23, 2024 – 4:58 pm

Saturday March 23 Snow up north of Albany Slush on Warren Street In Hudson And the hard rain Done in Brooklyn Fingertips feel like winter Toes warm in good boots The streets shed of people Awaiting Tomorrow’s Warm Palm Sunday.

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December 16, 1978 – East Village – Journal

March 23, 2024 – 8:59 am

A Pleasant Paradise 1963 Snipers murdered JFK 1968 A sniper kills Malcolm Luther King. Gunmen assassinate Malcolm X and RFK Out leaders dying before their time Before their replacements Richard Nixon betrayed the USA But kept coming back The Messiah of the Silent Majority Why did you live? When so many others died. Almost sixty […]

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