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  1. Latest Poem

    My latest poem is a look at myself. I am not completely satisfied with it. Comments on improving it are more than welcomed.

    Self Portrait

    The pencil shadows the face,
    Rounds the head into a sketch,
    The dark hair, the thin lips,
    Features of a Roman bust,
    Tied through DNA,
    The blood at Cannae, victory at Zama...

    What blood, what victory?
    Does the mirror lie?
    The face, fattened and graying,
    Has never
    ...
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  2. Shop Talk

    For my second entry, I wish to include my short story, "Shop Talk."

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...2&d=1159702272

    you can post comments here in the blog, or at the thread I've set up for discussion: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19984

    All comments are welcomed. Please feel free to ask questions as to my thought processes.
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  3. From My Poetry

    To start my blog, I will take my favorite lines of the poetry I already posted on lit net and paste them here. They are not in any order.


    From "Limoncello" (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17437)

    A lovely smile, lambent and dark,
    Chiaroscuro lips proudly assert,
    “I do not look my age.”

    Seafood in a marinara sauce
    Mussels, shrimp, clams, calamari
    Fructi di Mare, over linguine and ...
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