Love is America, Johnny,
Sometimes,
Love is when you hear them blow the horn,
On the road.
Who remembers the road?
Kerouac,
You, me,
The road,
And all the places in between.
Love is American Beauty,
Love is in your tall tree, Johnny,
Help me up.
Love is in what we take from Anne Frank,
Floor boards, a small window,
Remember, always.
Some just put words together.
Some hear the rustle in the plastic.
Some make us hear it, too.
Some are just thankful for Johnny and his way.
Some remember America…
A different time,
A different day,
I am always thankful for the opportunity to read Johnny America,
Because
One needs somewhere to find a soul.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain—Dune, George Herbert
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
love is clear crystal skies black i kiss you under
love is funeral speech insert scriptural verse
love is a dead pigeon wedged in the curb
the entire sidewalk is love
entire worlds go without love
and do not know what
love is conundrums and puzzles and riddles
love is soft laughter and visible breath shivering outside the diner
love is black like the vinyl records and the asphalt that ties philadelphia together
love is winning
and losing
streaks across the sky
is the whistles heard out in the ocean
love is gone
love is forever
love is the diary of anne frank
on the road with kerouac
love is my blood on page after page of sharp and insightful words
some about love and what
love is
The touch of lips in winter
Warm frost
Please breath me
Or
Just a touch
Rush up against me
One last time
Closure
Around me
Start over
I wish you were here
I want you now
Never leave
Just go
Come back
Black pavement calls out to me
Makes me remember
Indelible
I wish you were here
Love is
What never leaves
But knows never to return.......
Too much Pink Floyd and memories, and cliches, and love.
Holy mid-40s
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain—Dune, George Herbert
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal 2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto X2 2009: Toronto 2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton 2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula 2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo 2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit 2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2 2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto 2023: Chicago X2 2024: New York X2
I look back at my replies to you and they are the few good poems I have ever written: the result of being in dialogue with your poems.
Thank you for your postings—they have pushed all of us forward.
I will miss your vision and the comfort of knowing you are out there sharing who you are.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain—Dune, George Herbert
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
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Sometimes,
Love is when you hear them blow the horn,
On the road.
Who remembers the road?
Kerouac,
You, me,
The road,
And all the places in between.
Love is American Beauty,
Love is in your tall tree, Johnny,
Help me up.
Love is in what we take from Anne Frank,
Floor boards, a small window,
Remember, always.
Some just put words together.
Some hear the rustle in the plastic.
Some make us hear it, too.
Some are just thankful for Johnny and his way.
Some remember America…
A different time,
A different day,
I am always thankful for the opportunity to read Johnny America,
Because
One needs somewhere to find a soul.
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
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Warm frost
Please breath me
Or
Just a touch
Rush up against me
One last time
Closure
Around me
Start over
I wish you were here
I want you now
Never leave
Just go
Come back
Black pavement calls out to me
Makes me remember
Indelible
I wish you were here
Love is
What never leaves
But knows never to return.......
Too much Pink Floyd and memories, and cliches, and love.
Holy mid-40s
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
1998: Barrie
2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
2006: Toronto X2
2009: Toronto
2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
2023: Chicago X2
2024: New York X2
Thank you for your postings—they have pushed all of us forward.
I will miss your vision and the comfort of knowing you are out there sharing who you are.
In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day—I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women—my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!—Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte