April City Poems

Ah, behold, the celestial dance, a cosmic spectacle for all to see,
As the moon gracefully obscures the sun, a moment of unity.

But wait, let's ponder,...

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Spring in Beijing
Alexander Bugh
The once was a man who walked in Beijing
He walked and he walked admiring the spring
The flowers started to bloom and trees...

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Manchester 

Towers and showers
You fall then you rise
Making love to the clouds
It's mundane you despise 

Let's cut to the chase
Keep our words short today
I'm proud...

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over occupied world
bewildering hodge-podge of people
pushing stress where it ought not to be

in the slim rays of late day
in the splattered mess of guttered streets
a...

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Late April and only
coltsfoot—Tussilago farfara—breaking leaf litter.
Our daffodils, peonies and crocuses
are also making signs.

April is the cruelest month, I forget why.
A sweet slow Spring
no sudden...

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A drive into the city
Reminds me of my morbidity --
Traffic zipping every which way
Makes for a most stressful day 

Written April 21, 2022...

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OUTSIDE THE CITY

Outside the city where the pomegranates grow,  
I take a silent breath and walk a little slow, 
The cottage I live in...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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JERUSALEM
Collaboration with Dalia Shahein (Jordan). Posted here on PoetrySoup, 04/21/2017

I, First
My Salem, my shalom, maybe yours as well -
Be well; build a well again –...

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Oklahoma City Bombing
25th anniversary
9:02
April 19, 1995
April 19, 2020
Written: By Tom Wright

I only hear the silence as I stride,
twixt granite chairs neatly set in rows.
The 168...

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Summer rain, melting Arctics
and the lipids lining the nerves
in your brain. These are the metrics
of our times. Mere resolve

is not enough to take care
along the...

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Awakened by a fleeting shower,
weatherman’s prediction: “It’s a go!”
Derby Festival’s kick-off hour – 
airshow / fireworks on the Ohio.
Thunder o'er Louisville, my best op
to display...

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April sent forth a shower of riverside catkins,
In the rainy Southern town I
set sail among blooming seas of lotus deities.
Fell through the bamboo ceiling,
Calling out...

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Like a secret confided with his last breath
Dangling from his every syllable
He draws me near whispering in my ear
Reaches in to the depths of my...

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august city heat
in the shade of brushes
sparrows stir cooled dirt



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 11, 2019...

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