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You finish up a poetry reading at a coffee shop in West Philly.  You feel you missed your mark on your performance.  Things were a little off.  Well, those are the breaks that we have to live with.  Voice was weak and hesitant.  You would think the extra strong coffee would cut the lethargy butContinue reading “UBER VS. TROLLEY”

I was always a defensive player so my mindset was always focused on brutalizing the sissy skill position players.  I had that mindset of a linebacker.  One year, I had a bloody nose that lasted the entire season.  Every practice, every game, the wound would get opened up.  It was awesome.  I would be in the defensive huddle with bloodContinue reading “LINEBACKER WITH A POET’S SOUL”

I could whine about Ginsberg or Rupi Kaur or the general state of the universe and it would be hollow complaint falling on deaf ears waiting to dismiss me waiting to tell me I’m nothing compared to Corso or Dunbar or Dickenson or any other poet my run on sentences paraded publicly as profound verseContinue reading “UNDETERRED”

Loved ones stay with you after death; They continue to live on in your heart and soul. They continue to haunt your memories and dreams. My father passed on 17 years ago but still makes cameos & guest spots in my dreams  from time to time and amazingly, after all these years, he’s still callingContinue reading “DUMBASS”

Sipping coffee in a hotel lobby The Eagles are singing “Take It to the Limit” on the radio maybe it’s a play list but those days are long since gone It’s no longer about pushing limits or squashing boundaries but as caffeine rejuvenates a weary soul you realize that survival in and of itself isContinue reading “IN AND OF ITSELF”

Statue of James Joyce outside the Dublin pub sitting next to bench inebriated chatter ensued from the earnest drunks https://www.postpoems.org/authors/fuche_bu/poem/1074186

Having a chat with someone about getting old I hear him declaring “I don’t like hangovers anymore.” And the thought triggered, “Did you ever really like them?” It just seemed like such an odd comment to me I simply have to ask so I query, :Did you ever really like them at any point inContinue reading “OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD OF A BUKOWSKI WANNABE”

School burning down molten lava spewing thru melting desk and book I rescued Boo-Boo childhood teddy bear leave classmates to die https://www.postpoems.org/authors/georgeschaefer/poem/1115109

No malicious joy gloating another’s failure no deep award gained severe question mark branded diminish your own value https://www.postpoems.org/authors/georgeschaefer/poem/1116101

Don’t hold grudges bitterness ages so poorly crushing weight ripping your own soul https://www.postpoems.org/authors/georgeschaefer/poem/1114992