by gsfrnkln | Dec 13, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
The women at the prison talk to each Other about their boyfriends outside, About their children’s fathers, about The children themselves, who would Now be unrecognizable except For a photograph or a Christmas card Several years old. The boyfriends Wait for them. The...
by gsfrnkln | Dec 6, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
It’s 9 p.m. I’m taking the dog For an evening walk, up by the mall, Then following the canal. The moon Won’t rise till later, and the clouds streak Like white chalk against an enormous Black sky. This is one of the first nights Of autumn. There’s a breeze, and my...
by gsfrnkln | Dec 6, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
The smooth, white skull on Goethe’s desk Did not, as he thought, belong to Raphael. It was the skull of a man with a brain disorder. The salesman must have lied. Who knows The posthumous destiny of bones? Donne’s Lovers buried together, he imagined dug up To make room...
by gsfrnkln | Nov 20, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
There are no blooms on the hibiscus On the patio. It doesn’t get Enough sun. The shadow of the house Blocks it most of the day, but right now It’s a mass of bright green leaves that make Me feel hopeful somehow, whatever That means. These days, I’m feeling my age. I...
by gsfrnkln | Nov 16, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
I poked the peat fire in the tourist cottage, Bought chops and carrots from the local Butcher, and drank too many pints of Guinness At the town’s only pub. When I threw up, My new wife was disgusted. We took the bus To Ballina and discovered there was nothing to do...
by gsfrnkln | Nov 12, 2025 | Poems, Recent Poems
First, you buy the kit from Target or Amazon. I heard that Costco has them as well, and they May be a little cheaper. There are people who Say they all start out the same. I don’t know. Mine looked like a hummingbird, and a friend Told me his had blue feathers and a...
