Category Archives: Poetry

Ode to a Dog of Gloucester

January 5, 2025 – 9:05 am

Honoring Boatswain, a dog.

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January 3, 1979 – Journal – East Village

January 3, 2025 – 10:33 am

Alice and I get drunk at CBGBs with Bill Yusk. At CBGBs. Where else? Alice was mad at me, because she had to wait at the door. Lisa Krystal wouldn’t let her in for free without me. Kim wasn’t waitressing either. “I don’t understand why they treat you like they do.” Alice thinks I’m nothing. […]

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OLD POEM FROM THE UNKNOWN

January 1, 2025 – 6:09 pm

From 2022 In the end I saw myself As others saw me. A middle-aged man to turn older An older man to become ancient Since age eight Refusing to obey the vow of Faith Demanded by the Sisters of St. Mary__ Now I never kneel before the altar I never ask for forgiveness for my […]

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Auld Lang Syne 2012

December 31, 2024 – 8:43 pm

2012 will come to an end this evening. 2013 has already dawned on my young family in Thailand. Seven hours remain in 2012 at the Fort Greene Observatory. Darkness lay heavy over the borough of Brooklyn and a bottle of Riesling stands on my desk as my passport to the new year. Tonight I will […]

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December 29, 1978 – East Village – Journal Entry

December 29, 2024 – 10:31 am

Disco was king on 1978 AM airwaves. Rock and roll came a distant second and punk barely scratched the airwaves. Everyone was into Disco. Donna Summer, a Dorchester native, struck platinum with MacArthur Park and Last Dance, Chic took over # 1 in December with Le Freak. The shout for Disco echoed across the country […]

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