Stepping Out of the Monochrome
...Black and white movies,
old even when I watched them
flicker still on an inner retina.
A hero turns conspiratorially,
staring into my future;
what he said into the camera then,
is silent now
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Categories:
biplanes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
So Stand the Fallen
...Very soon marmosets and moose
will get their vaccines.
A lone gnome fishes in a Koi pond.
The light of the moon
has been dimmed by a Chinese switch.
Elite bands of cockatoos
fight for fre...
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Categories:
biplanes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
As Time Goes By
...Monochrome scenes blanch
but color is there as an underlay
of my own viewing history.
Black and white movies,
old even when I watched them
flicker still on an inner retina.
A hero turns consp...
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Categories:
biplanes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
That Tat
...That Tat
Well there are a few more tattoos planned,
I’m getting some coverage.
Bit by bit.
On my legs and more to go.
Since May I covered my arm gaps,
full sleeves! Roundabout way of doing it....
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Categories:
biplanes, art, beauty, image, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Fred's Desk
...Seven Post-its,
a constellation not unlike the Big Dipper
guide travelers through a deskscape
of escarpments and promontories.
Out beyond the half eaten sandwich
dotting the horizon
are The S...
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Categories:
biplanes, funny
Form: Free verse