Category: Poetry
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A Toad, a Penguin, and Me.
A Toad, a Penguin, and Me. Copyright 2011 Gordon Kuhn Poet in the Rain Productions 12/27/2011 Gordon Kuhn Yesterday I was jus’ sittin’ by the forever road, Jus’ me and a lonely, forelorn, raggedy ol’ toad, Who’d stopped and tol’ me he had a powerful big load A problems he’d done for years been stowed;…
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Just Stuff
It is five AM and I’m awake. Been that way since three AM. What am I doing? Thinking. Thinking about “stuff”. I guess that is the best way to say it. Sitting here thinking about stuff. What kind of stuff you might ask? Just stuff. I’m thinking about wondering what the dog is thinking while…
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PAPER KITES FLYING IN THE RAIN
Paper Kites Flying In the Rain Copyright 2011 Gordon Kuhn 19 December 2011 Poet in the Rain Productions Like paper kites flying in the rain! My life in pieces turns and darts and tries to maintain Height above the hungry, waiting, muddy plain. Fighting, struggling for altitude against the strain Of moisture building on the…
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DON’T MESS WITH MY COFFEE Copyright 2011 Gordon Kuhn: Poet in the Rain. Coffee in a plain blue cup dark brew, restaurant knew ah, cream to the side, I think but blink at the suggestion of sugar need not sweeten the bitter biting taste to do so would be such a terrible waste of…
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Something about a tree, offending people, the AC phoney LU and other thoughts in the middle of the night.
Wow. December 11, 2011! I’m still back on January 11, 2011. Someone stole all those months and placed me here now. What happened? Anyway, it’s 0153 and I am sleepy. It was a busy day. It was a nerve wracking day. It was a Xanax day. Can I write a Haiku about it? Hmm. I…
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The Grass Along The Side Of The Road
It is now 0615. I’ve been up since 0430. I’m working on The Hanging Of The Wolf. That story is about the capture, trial, and attempted (note attempted) lynching of the fairy-book character The Wolf. He is known so well for huffing and puffing and dressing up in Little Red Riding Hood’s grannies nightgown. At…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 