Long Eastland Poems

WHEN The WIND COMES DOWN LONG LAKE in OCTOBER 
 
(1 AM in the morning  -  Naples, Maine)

When unseasonable lake water balm 
meets you tripping out of Ricks’ Café 
after midnight
you know those...

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SURSUM CORDA 

(for Ruth and Clement Mc Cormack, 
Bridgton, Maine)

“Come see us, we’ll talk about the job."

you were convalescent, generous, 
and anxious to get your hands moving
into the garden among the buds and birdsong 
ready...

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PLOWMAN 

(for Bill Troy, and Messer’s generous 
free Plowman Day.) 

Not soon enough comes the thrill of snow!
for plowmen who beckon the blizzard’s fall
anxious to use his craft of geometric cut lines 
and angles of...

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THE CAR HAS EARS 

  by Charles Eastland
  (also Kindle eBook:  Selected Poems by Charles Eastland) 

Shhh shhh…whisper 
that news about extra money—
shhh…don’t say it…
the car has ears 
I tell you truthfully...

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OUR SIGNATURE OF RAIN

(for you Arlene, my True Love—  
     Valentine’s Day 2017)

Our signature is of the rain
it rained on our wedding day
relentless it rolled off new love
and on through...

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SPHINX

you silent riddle
of the lion stars
ancient in mystery 
staring at omega
in a terrible patience
stone eyes are fixed
at civilization fractures 
ground down by hubris 
all human history's here
in these stinging sands 

stone maned lion
symbol of king...

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ALLEY CAT 

The city alley kitten is fire boned  
body electrified in barbed wire fur
snarling ferocious wild fear bigger 
than its raging dot of an existence 
hissed from behind garbage cans 
at this naïve...

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PARKING LOT MEDITATION 

Leaning back on my car hood
the old blue skies have my eyes   
squinting  ion clues of a melody 
wanting to be born of scars in me 
innerspheres humming to...

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MOON LAUGHING EAST LIKE A WINE SOADKED POET 

(9/12/05 - Somes Sound, on Mt. Desert Island)

A spilled red wine jug on the deck
my black dog “Imus” warms my bare ankles
stars sketch symbols in the ancient...

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Wonder Woman  

When I saw her five large powerful males 
bodyguards at a photo shoot protecting 
the actress of the movie Wonder Woman 
the sight crashed me into reality with a pin 
that burst...

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LEANING 

Old man and woman 
locked arm in arm 
neat dressed beige 
sweetly  leaning in
towards each other
backs now to the world
hard to tell who is leaning 
on who but their faces 
are towards some...

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