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Whit Howland
Are you really seeing what you think you are seeing? The illusion of profundity. All Rights Reserved
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May 17
Ballpoint Pen
Like good help
a smooth glide is hard to find
that perfect pen that rolls
with the flow
of your words and music
across the paper
More Jazz poetry.
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Whit Howland
May 16
Blue Sky and Daffodils
Give me some
if this is Heaven
red gold
petals
pressed against
solid blue sky
without a cloud
in sight
if this is Heaven
give me some
Another short Jazz Word Painting
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Whit Howland
May 16
Murky
Murky
like someone
poked a stick
in some pond water
and stirred up mud
the past is swirling
and
murky
A short Jazz Word Painting
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Whit Howland
Apr 27
Life
but there was a time
when we loved it
so much
we named a magazine
Life
with the title in white block letters
against a small red square
and glossy pages
in between
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Whit Howland
Apr 26
Vending Machine
It was the gray
and blue wrapper
so ugly
that made it
the Zero
the candy bar
nobody ever wanted
and because of that
nobody ever knew
how it tasted
but yet I miss it
just like the ability
to pull a lever
and hear
the crinkling sound
of candy coming down
the shoot
A word painting.
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Whit Howland
Apr 21
Rainbow
colors
a spectrum of colors
reds
yellows
violets
and greens
succeeding
lightning rain
and gray clouds
beauty
along with the calm
after the storm
A straight up word painting.
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Whit Howland
Apr 13
Apropos
Blue sky
crisscrossed
with
chemtrails
the first butterfly
of the season
and a lawnmower
gasping
for that last
bit of gas
point
you ask
point is something
usually lead
and almost always
on the end of a pencil
An absurdist word painting
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