Short 1973 Poems

Litle
red book-
was to fill
many empty
heads.

Ekphrasis on Mao 1973 by Warhol...

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Every second, an infinity 
happens
... in relativity!

(West Philadelphia: January, 1973)?...

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Every second
an infinity happens
—in relativity

(West Philadelphia: January Archive, 1973)...

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“If thou wouldst  
be my critic
Thou must
— wear my soul”

(Woodland Avenue Philadelphia: May, 1973)
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Behind the mask,  
only truth gets told

Its covering sacred
—eyes behold

(Kabuki Theater: April, 1973)...

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The words dropped from my hand to
  the pen unbroken,
   —as light in a bend

(West Philadelphia, February, 1973)...

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January 27, 1973

I was sitting in the barracks
yelling and screaming echoed through the halls
sirens blaring, horns blowing, fireworks popping;
the war was over
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Visionary’s promise,
   what’s never seen

Believers die invested,
   in lives that wait

Junctions of immunity,
   and sweeter air

A mutilated oneness,
—we call the truth

(West Philadelphia: January, 1973)...

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That was something unexplained that I saw:
Paul Newman was playing poker against Robert Shaw.
Robert Shaw had four nines, and was happy to stand.
How did Paul Newman get four jacks in his hand?

From the 1973 film “The Sting”
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Sarah Adams 14 August 1848

Conrad Aiken 17 August 1973

Kinsley Amis 22 October 1995

Allen Gingsberg 5 April 1997

Pablo Nerudo 23 September 1973

Walt Whitman 26 March 1892

I hope it is not too soon that i too

Am welcomed home...

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Could you blame the American dream
Plastic coast to coast
A Harlequin pawns himself
Enterprise gone mad
Ply the rebop
The spirit of 1973
Corporate Lawyer loathed to tell the truth
A confident already foretold
Fortitudes' ardour
doomed to quieten itself...

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QUICK CHANGE

We’ve shared a lot the two of us
The nine months we’ve been one
I’ve joggled you and you’ve kicked me
But now our visits done.

And I wonder as I look at you
In one second change my life
To know I am your mother
And no longer just a wife.

Barbara Barry-Nishanian
Oct.5, 1973...

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Carrion- BEING SPIRIT INNER CORE-


O’ rotten carrion;
Being spirited inner core;
Whispers to the dead priest,
Whose spirit harvested in side dried bones;
All so souls depressed, so all alone;
Being spirited inner core;
O’ rotten carrion;

9/09/1973
8/22/2024
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.1973© 2024©
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I could not wait to stop wearing maternity clothes.
I had been pregnant for 9 months I 1971
and then for another 9 months in 1973.
You can hardly imagine how irritating it was
to see the newest fashions for women in 1974
looked like maternity tops!
That is all they sold in the stores.
The exact kind of smock I had been stuck in
for eighteen months!...

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Savannah Rose
Annoying, friendly, caring, listener
Sister of Aaron and Carolyn
Lover of Art class, books, and my friends
Who feels embarrassment, happiness, and love
Who fears loss of friends, family, and chocolate
Who would like to see Journey from 1973, God, And Nephi
Resident of Anadarko,Oklahoma
Smith-Harper...

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Listen to poem:

*Image of Novem by IMDb.

Novem: Affects IX in 1973

Nine college students record music
at some sheltered hideaway place.
They're killed in a van mishap,
on the way back to school.
Yond thirty-one years,
their songs recalled.
Sometimes fame
comes too
late.

2022 November 10
*3rd Place*
A November Nonet
~~Andrea Dietrich: Judged 2022 November 21

*HMS...

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Thinking a sleeping owl perched on a rail in late afternoon would never notice
As I tried to pet its delicate feathers, to touch its chestnut brown grayish-ness
The Okefenokee Swamp owl bit me in 1973

Returning I thought as a symbol in 1986
Taking the place of wisdom 

The owl returned with its question—
How do you like it that I have wakened you 
up tonight and frightened you?...

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At Home, Resting After A Sweet Morning Trek

Cool and sweet
Laced with gentle streams
The treasure of forested hills
Forest sighs, and afternoon delight
'neath welcoming sky.

Souls they touch
Hearts they enthrall
Day or night
Embrace this spirit
Soothe with that colorful treasure
O giant that awaits the dawn
Welcome this eager friend.

R.J. Lindley, Sept 03-1973
(  After A Much Needed Visit )...

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The Woodland Goddess

Thy mystic news from out the Invisible
Would save all men, were they but content to dwell
In lowly station, proud to share the power
That shapes the world in secret, hour by hour.

Her rosy fingers touched the ancient words
And lo! they quivered with the ecstasy
Of crimson bloom, sun-glances, caroling birds,
On forested green island waking into glee.

R.J. Lindley,
April 17th, 1973...

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I was certainly a nervous mother
left on my own with a one year old child
my husband had gone on a business trip

noise startled me, one after another
imagination had gone quiet wild
squeaky back door let out a teeny rip

I was terrified as mother and wife
my back doorknob was moving with a whip
nothing about my hot feelings were mild 

Muscatine police came to save my life
rapidly found four raccoons in their grip...

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In Loving Memory of Our Fallen Angel

Rest In Peace: Renee Ann Stone

May 1973 -  March, 2011


From blue skies 
To green grass
To beautiful butterflies
You brought joy to our lives
With your millions of smiles,
And your face full of sunshine…
Though you must part 
From our present,
You will be in our hearts dearly
Until we meet again in heaven…
Forever yours sincerely

~With Love from All of Us

By: Aleasha A. Martin...

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so much pain
Lord why did you have to take Dwayne

I dont mean to question your judgement
but I just miss my cousin

in hindsight I can see that we was living wrong
but I dont think the cure was two bullets in his lungs

at the funeral while they quote proverbs and Psalms
I'm holding on his moms arm trying to keep her calm

she crying my sons another homocide victim
if that bullet would have knicked him it would have gotten our attention...

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memories in my head come out 
at the oddest times.

when I am just sitting 
I will remember
some odd little thing

 that happened in a
grocery store in 1973, 
or a weird feeling I had
when looking out a window 
of a hotel in 2003.


Things that seemed 
not at all memorable at
the time they happened 

apparently were 
much more prevalent
than I would have
ever believed.

Why I know the
dates is anyone's
guess

Another anomoly...

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The Caspian Sea; is that where friendly ghosts go for vacation?
Big as a football field: don't you know about foot measurements??
The Swat Team;  I called them when my house was infested with flies.
My psychiatrist asked me if I had any "old reservations" about a desire to end
some bad habits.  I said, "Yeah, I have some old reservations- two unredeemed 
tickets to a 1973 Pink Floyd concert"  this really took place.
How come 2 & 2 isn't 22??

Enough for now, all you dedicated "Soupers"...

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