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THE INVOLUNTARY IS ALWAYS PREFERRED
The involuntary is always preferred, So that ignorance is not just bliss, but life. In the involuntary we rest, And sleep, and do not worry about our breathing, Do everything without effort, Live...
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I HATE THE INTERIOR OF THIS POEM
I hate the interior of this poem, A wretched copy, a trick of words Lying on the floor like old records, The prostitute listening to Johnny Mathis Before she gets dressed and leaves her boyfriend...
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THE POEM THAT RHYMES SOMETIMES
The poem that rhymes sometimes First made its appearance in Rome Centuries ago, And surprised everyone because everyone Thought: why had no one thought of this before? It usually involves what is...
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LIFE IS MOSTLY SLOW
Life is mostly slow. It was slow When we went to the store. That was because We had to obey the traffic laws At intersections and parking lots where everything we know Is back there, or was back...
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IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE
She tried to be romantic for awhile. She did. I received her smile. But she was a ghosting, gaslighting cockroach At heart. She was never clear with me. In the furry forest she spoke rapidly. The...
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BUYERS LEAD THE MODERN DIVISION
John D. Rockefeller, owner of the New York Buyers, knew what he wanted. A good starting pitching staff built on iconic confidence and swagger. A savvy manager who understands what it takes to win. A...
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COBRAS LEAD THE PEOPLES DIVISION
The Kolkata Cobras are still talking bullpen. Manager Rupi Kaur and pitching coach V.S. Naipal, with spiritual advice from Sri Ramakrishna, were seriously thinking of using Mahatma Gandhi in relief....
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SECRETS LEAD THE SOCIETY DIVISION
Ben Franklin’s Boston Secrets are winning in a way common throughout history. The theory is this. Play .500 ball—win half your games. Then add one thing. The 20 game winner. You take an ordinary,...
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PISTOLS SCRAMBLE BACK—EVEN AS POUND IMPLODES
William James, the Nitrous Oxide Philosopher. Savior of the Pistols? Who really likes Pound’s work? The crackpot rantings in prose, the so-so verse, occasionally good as robbery. Forget the politics...
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CEILINGS LEAD THE EMPEROR DIVISION
Francisco Goya might be what the Goths are looking for. The Rome Ceilings of Pope Julius II are doing it with pitching. Bach, the great Lutheran composer who spent his last years perfecting his...
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HALF THE SEX AND TWICE THE SHAME
More free floating interchangeable connectiveness Than is possible to perceive Is the reason for this mess, The debates on conscience and God, The significance of aesthetic melancholy, The laughter...
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MR. HYDE HAS MOVED THROUGH THESE ROOMS
Always forgive. Always revise. We told you: she has two Mr. Hydes. She will let you love one; One is slightly smarter than the other— And that is the one she loves. The vaccine has Dr. Jekyll in it....
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THE ECONOMY
Spending money she doesn’t have helps the economy. Infidelity helps poetry and song. The economy is getting better. There has to be something wrong. I learned to write by myself— So I’m the economy’s...
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YOU CAN’T LOVE ALONE
I think the rock song as a song died in Germany in 1966 But most musicologists disagree. The lead singer sang, “You can’t love ’em all.” But what I heard was “you can’t love alone.” Error is the best...
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WHEN THIS, MY VERSE
When this, my verse, turns, and comes to its end, You will be in my arms again. I wish I could be as simple and as dear As this verse you are reading here. If any man could be something else, and...
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YOU WERE MENTIONED
Now that I can almost touch you, All of us sitting on a sea Of electronic communication In our lonely boats, I realize how we love Is everything, not who we love. The adulterer is tender To his...
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VERBS NOT ADJECTIVES
Verbs, not adjectives, Some coming right out of the computer screen, Your friends texting you, bills arriving, Family concerns and work appointments, Your ambitious friends no longer friends As...
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TWO-WAY MIRROR: POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS OF B.S.M. MURTY
Two-Way Mirror Author: B.S.M. Murty Publisher: Vagishwari Prakashan 2020 The poem is, for some, what we need to hear—but don’t want to hear. The poem pours morals all over us. But forgive me. As a...
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THE FIVE DIVISIONS IN THE SCARRIET POETRY BASEBALL LEAGUE SO FAR
Paul McCartney, lead-off hitter for the London Carriages, has 6 home runs. EMPEROR DIVISION The Rome Ceilings have outscored their opponents 84-49 at home—holding them to 2 runs per game, as their...
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I HATE CHANGE
I hate change so much, That I suffer change to happen All around me, Weeping when she leaves me, While I do not change. I am hated for being chaste, Condemned for not discussing race, Condemned for...
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