by Howie Good
Birds scuff for dark crumbs
under the sidewalk tables.
A police spy in the corner
notes the time. Everywhere
there are sons of bitches.
In a dingy rooming house
boarders come and go unseen
except for the burnt matches
they drop in the hall.
poets
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- Alan Britt (4)
- Alan Catlin (19)
- Aleathia Drehmer (3)
- Aline Rabhany (2)
- Ashlee Workman (1)
- Barry Basden (2)
- Ben Simon (2)
- Big Sway (2)
- Bobbi Sinha-Morey (3)
- Bradley Mason Hamlin (2)
- Brandon Roy (3)
- Brian Rosenberger (4)
- Cassandra Dallett (3)
- Charles Portolano (1)
- Chloe Caldwell (1)
- Chris Butler (25)
- Chris Vaillancourt (4)
- D.C. Porder (3)
- damion hamilton (3)
- Daniel S. Irwin (2)
- Daria Souchkova (2)
- David E. Howerton (1)
- David LaBounty (4)
- David Morton (2)
- David Oprava (4)
- David Rynne (2)
- DB Cox (5)
- Denis Robillard (2)
- Derek Richards (5)
- Donal Mahoney (9)
- Doug Draime (27)
- Ed Makowski (4)
- EH (1)
- Elizabeth P. Glixman (2)
- Erek Smith (2)
- Gary Beck (2)
- George Anderson (9)
- Gina Ricardi (3)
- Heather Ann Schmidt (2)
- Holly Day (3)
- Howie Good (5)
- Ivan Brkaric (2)
- Ivan Jenson (2)
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- J.J. Campbell (20)
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- Jackson Warfield (2)
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- James Darman (2)
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- James Jason Dye (1)
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- JD Haywood (2)
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- Jennifer Van Orman (2)
- John Grochalski (3)
- John Rocco (75)
- Joseph Goosey (2)
- Joseph Hargraves (2)
- Joseph Veronneau (1)
- Josh Olsen (2)
- Justin Hyde (36)
- Karl Koweski (4)
- Kathryn Mitchell (2)
- Ken Michael (2)
- Kevin M. Hibshman (1)
- Kim Triedman (2)
- Lawrence Gladeview (1)
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- Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal (17)
- Lyn Lifshin (84)
- Lynne Hayes (2)
- M. P. Powers (8)
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- Mather Schneider (5)
- Matt Holt (1)
- Maxwell Baumbach (1)
- Melanie Browne (9)
- Melis Ozturk (3)
- Michael Aaron Casares (2)
- Michael B. Tager (2)
- Michael Estabrook (3)
- Michael Goscinski (1)
- Michael H. Brownstein (2)
- Michael Lee Johnson (2)
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- Mike Boyle (4)
- Mike Meraz (6)
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- Ross Vassilev (9)
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- Russell Streur (3)
- Ryan Quinn Flanagan (11)
- Sarah Ahmad (2)
- Scot Young (6)
- Scott Owens (4)
- Serena Tome (1)
- Shannon Barber (2)
- Shawn Misener (1)
- Stephen Jarrell Williams (10)
- Steve Calamars (4)
- Steven Kunert (3)
- Tasha Klein (2)
- The Poet Spiel (11)
- Timothy Buckeridge (1)
- Tyler Bigney (2)
- William Doreski (2)
- William Pauley III (4)
- Wolfgang Carstens (2)
- xTx (3)
- Zachary C. Bush (2)
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2 comments:
excellent poem, as is always the case from Howie Good
i'd cut the last line.
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