Ghost Buffalo

First Pitch Opiates

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The night so nightly night. * La mar no tiene naranjas. The ocean has no oranges. - Lorca * Mama don't allow no saints round here.   Says the battle-axe to the organism curb your enthusiasm.

Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad.

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Ask me to show you poetry in motion and I will show you the horse.

What can I tell you about man's destiny ? I could tell you more about radishes. (Beckett)

In recent months, I've been asked for permission to reprint my poems in a Belgian desk calendar, in a 'drop' of poems from an aeroplane somewhere in Great Britain, and in ....well, bubble gum machines on a college campus back east. These requests are odd, but they rather tickle me, I confess it.   What these particular publishers are interested in is the element of surprise, which is something in general short supply. I've also got a couple of poems in this month's New Criterion, which is edited by David Yezzi. The work is available online here: New Criterion

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