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Tag Archives: Suicide
Austin
Supper with the Phd
Judy
Death of a Therapist
Dear Sylvia Plath
Thinking of Sylvia Plath on what would have been her 87th birthday – and all the poets and writers she has inspired – but not in that way.
Austin
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day – this poem is a good reminder that even the smallest kind act, at the right time, in the right place, can truly change somebody’s world.
Judy
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month – here is hoping friendship and poetry can help.
DISSECTING THE FROG OF WAR
DISSECTING THE FROG OF WAR
And when did the buffalo
driven over the cliff
become the lemming leaping
as if the decision was his own
PAPA AND ME
PAPA AND ME
Lately I have been much with Hemingway
and happy to go where he has gone
and done what he has done
I have been gut-punched
shrapnel-laced and toro-gorged
Been as cowardly and brave as Francis M.
tasted Gulf Stream salt on sun cracked lips
and the moveable feast of Paris
I’m glad he didn’t leave a note
that spoke about that gun