the piano tuner
...The piano tuner
there used to be a greengrocer on the ground floor
except for potatoes, there was not much call for
another vegetable, the shop closed a piano tuner rented
the space and partly...
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Categories:
piano tuner, absence, abuse, age,
Form: ABC
Piano Tuner Cat
...On piano keys
my cat scratches THe keyboard
whet claws, sans music...
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Categories:
piano tuner, allusion, analogy, cat, funny,
Form: Senryu
Native Reflections
...Mother bartered me to an Englishman.
His tribe made televisions.
In those days
televisions were wooden vehicles
crafted out of electric fans
and the spare parts of flying saucers.
Later he beca...
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Categories:
piano tuner, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Piano Tuner
...The Piano tuner
The blind piano tuner knocked on the door
Where I was a caretaker -like I can afford to buy a piano-
I showed him into the music room and left
to read a newspaper.
I heard so...
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Categories:
piano tuner, best friend, betrayal, birth,
Form: Blank verse
The Piano Tuner
...The rain clouds gather outside and
I see his umbrella bouncing over the hedge.
I hear him enter the gate with case in hand;
He slowly closes the gate and heads for the door.
A light knock reverberat...
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Categories:
piano tuner, on work and working
Form: Free verse