Category: Literary Arts
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DISAPPEARED
DISAPPEARED Morning comes and I find you are not here Yet we are to believe that you are The bible sellers stand on their stages And claim the same claim from ages And I see about the world and even near Violence that you could easily stop You are a religious star But I…
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NIGHTFALL, THE LOVERS’ DANCE TAKE TWO
NIGHTFALL, THE LOVERS’ DANCE 2 I recall the night when a hot summer rain came And settled in with a breeze bringing coolness to the room Where two lovers met and when they left never were the same In an old cheap apartment in downtown Sarasota Where they danced to a scratchy record It was…
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Yesterday’s Child
The following poem will be in Standoff. The book, Standoff is a group of poems and short stories Yesterday’s Child Yesterday’s child was born with a patchwork brain Filled with paintings that would never be brought to view For a painter, a drawer, he simply could not be Overrun with songs that would never…
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Rehearsing
Rehearsing Another morning has come to greet the sun Chasing the night away as coffee brews on the stove A cup with spoon to swirl the cream in to blend the clouds away As I sit and think of questions that I cannot even form I wonder about the woman down the street who lives…
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In the Dark
In the Dark Copyright 2018 Gordon Kuhn, all rights reserved Like a dog in heat he was single minded in his searching While he roamed the empty spaces nearby ocean waves that crashed upon the shore The sea fog coated the land and hid him from the safety nearby Weakly hunting a place…
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Walking with a Dead Butterfly
Walking with a Dead Butterfly Come fly away now gentle butterfly Open your wings and capture a breath of wind Set sail and say goodbye to the world below Let not your heart in pain deny Your right to sail the summer sky For you are special, my valiant friend You’ve come so far in…
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The Drunk on the Corner is
THE DRUNK ON THE CORNER IS Copyright 4.15.18 by Gordon Kuhn all rights reserved. The holy drunk on the corner is As holy as the Pope who drinks wine And who represents a group with a history of crime That turned its back on the Jews and friended Hitler The holy drunk on the corner…
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Priestly Arrives —- Ragdoll Chronicles. 1.25.18
Ragdoll Chronicles 01.25.18 “Throw him down the chute!” The five merged on Chase who was trying to get out what appeared to be the front door but it was in fact a door to nowhere. The storm he had ventured through and from which he had sought refuge by entering the restaurant was not visible…
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The Restaurant: Ragdoll Chronicles 1.15.18
Ragdoll Chronicles 01.15.18 “Throw him down the chute!” The five merged on Chase who was trying to get out what appeared to be the front door but was in fact a door to nowhere. The storm he had come through was not visible through the glass, nothing was. Just as they were about to grab…
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RUNAWAY: Ragdoll Chronicles 01.03.1918
NOTE THESE ENTRIES ARE THE DRAFT OF A BOOK I AM WRITING AND THERE WILL BE ERRORS. ================================================================= Ragdoll Chronicles 1.13.18 @ 0515 © Gordon Kuhn All rights reserved. “Get away from the pond,” both Starter and Cawkin shouted while waving their wings and hopping up and down. But it was too late. One stepped…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 