Best Paterson Poems

Jonathan has been to three Paralympics, 
Beijing in China, London 2012 and Rio; 
He’s a Motherwell midfielder in the mix, 
Who’s entry was the 2006 CP Euros so. 

He travels the world with team Scotland, 
Which he sometimes captains proudly, 
But he’s also captained the...

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Paterson, 

Inside a bus a man sees his thoughts sitting and standing. 
His thoughts alight and scatter -- like a drop of rain on a sediment. 
He sees the regularly furnished houses, the trimmed trees, 
and the loud gossips from beggars across the street through...

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mosaic
      of prose
      &poems
      interleaved
intense
obtuse
oblique:
          an epic
          satire
in words
   ...

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Paterson- sunshine in suburbia
by americus


Paterson, a poet, he's charming and he knows it
Paterson, a man, he's got a life with a plan
Sunshine in suburbia, searching for euphoria
Paterson drives a bus, and swears a censored cuss

Write me into a poem, sing me a hymn 
Make my...

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Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

Amidst the *****sapien species 
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely doting on their first progeny.

Amelie Beth Harris
as imagined being born
courtesy her only brother
(thirteen plus months her junior)
with one...

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