frank-cotolo
American
Cotolo, a widely published author and award-winning journalist, has been a professional writer for over three decades. His poetry, prose, reports, editorials, comedy and spoken humor have appeared over the years in small-press and commercial magazines as well as on television, radio, stage and screen.
The figure in a white
see-through robe
walking seductively across
the bedroom
is a sweet
Pacific breeze
upon my *****
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 at 9:20 PM UTC
Dream of a warm embrace
during a storm that sweeps across a great ocean
and the arms holding you
make you feel safe
and safe is love
and love is life
that no cyclone
can stop
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 at 9:18 PM UTC
kung fu
feng shui
wing nut
shang hai
chow mein
chop suey
fu manchu to you, too
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 at 12:22 AM UTC
None of us write poetry
for anyone else to read
we write it to purge the pain
personal and private
others could like it
but that doesn't matter
then again,
neither does it matter
if we write the poem at all
Mar 17, 2016
Mar 17, 2016 at 11:39 PM UTC
F**k Charles Bukowski
harder than he f**ked himself.
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 2:39 PM UTC
My father was not a sailor
My mother was not a saint
Each one was just a failure
But what they were I ain't
Speckled, soiled and hurt
Their dying was long and hard
Each a droning but dull alert
Which still keeps me on guard
I am not a sailor
I don't believe in any saint
I am not a tailor
I'm a walking, talking complaint
If you see me on the street, shake your head
If you get no response, I'm already dead
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 2:34 PM UTC
Belladonna
gotta wan 'er
'donna wan 'er
smooth iguana
majiuana
lips nirvana
call me bwana
Belladonna
god i wan 'er
wanna 'donna
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 12:39 AM UTC
It is summer
when you enter a room
and flowers blossom
wherever you sit
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 12:29 AM UTC
Such a pretty face
in a world of grimaced cheeks
with lips that speak
the language of kisses
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 12:28 AM UTC
Your broken English
is a prayer if you
whisper it in my ear
and say you want me
anyway
all ways
in ways no words can describe
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 12:26 AM UTC