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Marked
01:43
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a shade in my peripheral
marking me for penance
a distraction from extravagance
walking me through a meadow
landscaped with thistles and beauty
split tomatoes clinging
to a wizened vine
caught hanging in mid form
between summer and deadly frost
blushing with unspent passion
a glowering red tailed hawk
perched atop a stub pine
surveying the graceless highway
defying glassy-eyed travelers
to stray from the asphalt track
do not judge my children
came the ethereal admonition
a Holy Ghostly haunting
or, a patronizing apparition?
leaving me discerning spirits
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2. |
Sensitive Inquisition
01:01
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I laugh at
the native writer’s
racially toned jibe
should I feel guilty
for being
a sack of flour?
now that my hair
matches my complexion
I guess I do
thanks to NPR’s
publicly funded
oh so sensitive
inquisition
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3. |
Quoting Tragedy
03:07
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this house can be blown down
she looked in the rearview mirror
she could see the smoke plume
the cloud of smoke hanging over Manhattan
the smoke was so thick that it blocked out the sun
did you see them falling?
tons of paper and all kinds of things
I thought it was part of the building
then I saw they had arms and legs
it was like a scene from a disaster movie
the fire was intense; the heat was blistering
the roof is crawling with firemen
you can’t control something this chaotic
it’s not possible to have solid casualty figures
they’re bringing in cadaver sniffing dogs
primaries were suspended
all baseball games are canceled
the stock market is closed
the Mexican border is shut down
theme parks are closed indefinitely
spontaneous rallies erupted
they handed out sweets to children
another moneychanger blames Bush
“this is what he wants; this is what he gets”
they have articulated their motivation as revenge
today’s attacks were remarkably well coordinated
this is off the scale and unprecedented
this is breaking new ground
there has been some indication that this was in the cards
the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible
people clustered around radios
it was an attack on our culture
a symbol of so much of what America is
we cannot allow this to disrupt our way of life
we will be following these stories throughout the day and into the night
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4. |
Twice Gone
01:05
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one time dancer
always pining
never stable
forever striving
anchored to
whisker leavings
coffee dregs
hollow mornings
AWOL father
early release
escape valve
fatal relief
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Sherman Salem, Oregon
Sherman is a pilgrim, poet, artist & street musician. His creative works are his prayers, conceived in solitude & prayed
publicly. His poetry is featured in Mount Angel Pilgrim, an award winning short film by Coleman Weimer that documents Sherman’s 2019 pilgrimage to Queen of Angels Monastery in Mount Angel, Oregon.
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