Supermarket in Ohio - Poem for the Day

Supermarket in OhioWhat are you thinking tonight, Mr. Ashbery, because I can see you walking the aisles away from pressing thoughts of words and kin? Are you by chance on holidays back in Dreamland where you felt comfortable in? Positioned near the oranges, zucchinis, avocados for colour & flair. There's more to see when you shop for images. Walt Whitman left the streets of New York to be near the melons, wives & babies with cheeks ripe as...

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Poem for the Day - Concert

Concert for Emmylou HarrisThe stars are on the stage tonight. I'm spun out by her sound, the melody entrusting you with its strength; clear, crystal. I love how she tattoos the air with her presence. Her blonde hair getting whiter with years. It floats exquisitely like her voice. Her guitar held as a woman might hold a newborn. The child in me - dancing, humming a song within a nearby "hush!" Her sad story of a soldier dad, telling me its poignant...

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Evangelyne & Other Poems by Helen Hagemann

New Collection by Helen HagemannMy new collection is now available. You can purchase from the Australian Poetry Centre or visit my website on the le...

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Poem for the Day - Evangelyne

EvangelyneIn the days coming to your doorfrom school, you practising Mozart & Liszt,I wanted to climb inside your songbook.Your fingers searched a Viennese waltz− a melody I longed to play.Evangelyne, you made lullabies of flight, lifting meas a heron stretched from a lake.In the practice of scales, I flew with blue wrensatwitter in the shadows of leaves.Where are you now, Evangelyne,so many winters gone from home?Are you still selling apples...

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