DOORS, WINDOWS & HAIRCUTS

02/15/22 • 11 min

GOING WITH THE FLOW- Billy Collins, the great American Poet, suggested pick a starting subject and just keep writing, allowing it to surprise you - and keep at it until it ends. What is poetry? Good question! These poems led me to old memories and some new endings. The last poem was sparked by Mark Doly’s poem - this is your home now.

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Hearing that my friend Curtis passed away in his sleep shocked Kassandra & I. We have know him for about 30 years. He did not died from Covid. Curtis was a little younger than us and this makes me aware of our own mortality. Most of these poems came from reflecting on this very recent experience.

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Every day since Russia invaded Ukraine I have written something that’s help me process this awful situation; a reality that the world is facing today. As I listened to this steel band I felt that steel can create music & pleasure or destruction and pain. It is our choice.
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Poetry For Now - DOORS, WINDOWS & HAIRCUTS

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DOORS, WINDOWS & HAIRCUTS
GOING WITH THE FLOW- Billy Collins, the great American Poet, suggested pick a starting subject and just keep writing, allowing it to surprise you - and keep at it until it ends. What is poetry? Good question! These poems led me to old memories and some new endings. The last poem was sparked by Mark Doly’s poem - this is your home now.

DOORS

I notice we have different doors.

Some slide into pockets

Some swing outwards

Some swing i