Month: October 2013
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RABBIT IN THE WOODS
RABBIT IN THE WOODS Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. I. I am. I am the rabbit. I am the rabbit who lived in the woods! The one whose life was kept hidden in shame, Whose name was thought once but soon became Another by a decree oh so most fucking royal, Whose plan […]
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UNWASHED
UNWASHED Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All Rights Reserved ”I am an angry man!” He said to me. “I am in a rage! I burn inside! Memories of painful events, Unwashed from my soul cry out. Every day, every day, every day! From here to a country distant traveled, To the taste of war, To the […]
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WHICH
WHICH Copyright 2013 by Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. It’s past midnight and The moon slips behind a shadow blanket My mind drifts with the ice formed clouds Brooding islands upside down miles high above in the air Drifts with dark and dangerous thoughts Dark spoken for want of understanding Dangerous for what answer might […]
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EVIL SPORES IN FILTH ARE BORN
EVIL SPORES IN FILTH ARE BORN Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. Two women sat in an open chair, Arms looped in loathing paired. Like lovers whose favorite game was pain, They toyed with each other’s blame of shame. They drank each other’s poison pooled, And pledged their hatred for one to share. They […]
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG — ONE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG — ONE Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. When I was young, I once ran naked into the sea, And swam as far as I could swim, Almost drowned! But I was young. And that was then. When I was young, I drank a lot of beer, And held in […]
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DRIFTING
DRIFTING Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved, Poet in the Rain. I find myself adrift, alone, with feelings Feelings that simply will not leave me alone And so I drift in an odd cloud of recall and Wonder what my father would have thought Or my mother, for that matter, who struggled With a […]
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THE APARTMENT ABOVE OAK STREET BEACH
The Apartment Above Oak Street Beach Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved, Poet in the Rain. Oak Street Beach lays lazy in the sun The breakers rolling softly flowing in The boats of guards flipped belly up Formed hideouts for giggling children’s fun While up from where lake ripples run The sand dark where […]
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DEPRESSION 101
DEPRESSION 101 Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All Rights Reserved U Toucha My Poem I Breaka U Face Depression comes to visit and Finds me sleeping on the floor On the floor near the door Sleeping on the floor near the door A pillowed blanket colored sand In the bedroom by the bed Where such dreams […]
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RAGS BY THE DOOR
Rags by the Door Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn Poet in the Rain, All rights reserved. It’s fucking 3 AM! I growl at it —I growl at him, There, There, the reflection by the door. I should be in bed! I should be in bed, but I’m not. I’m not! Instead— I’m drinking beer, At a […]
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Raindrops Falling
Raindrops Falling Copyright 2013 Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved, The Poet in the Rain. Raindrops Thick, fat, doomed rain drops Falling blindly from the sky Not knowing they will die Thumping drops Bumping drops Hunting drops For a dry place to land Falling still Not know they will die And spread out on the landing […]
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 