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I am a vegetarian, I eat bio, Biologique en Francais. Je ne mange pas du viande, poulet, ni poisson.
Poems
Nat Lipstadt Sep 2015
In the Lea Field
Nat Lipstadt
Sep 2015
for the missed and the missing
~~~
lea - a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow; land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop; untilled; fallow
~~~
In the Lea Field*
And again that man
in the fallow fallen field,
grasps his own tiller,
looking ahead, downwind, leeward to plow,
impatient to cut rows of upturned earth
to grow markers,
plant seeded rows of words
and again that man
presumes time,
planting a yearly crop of
hoped for just enough time
but it does not suffice -
enough and sufficient time
will not grow in the lea field
this year
Now a man comes to mind,
living and dying
in a lea field
the man too,
field fallen fallow like the grassy meadow
that once fed his overcast gaze
yet the man believes still,
word seeds of lea poems prior planted
fullsome in their dormancy,
potent with patience,
shall not always remain so...
they are
bridges-in-waiting,
un-til,
ready once more
for the missed to
till
anew
~~~
lea - a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow; land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop; untilled; fallow
~~~
In the Lea Field*
And again that man
in the fallow fallen field,
grasps his own tiller,
looking ahead, downwind, leeward to plow,
impatient to cut rows of upturned earth
to grow markers,
plant seeded rows of words
and again that man
presumes time,
planting a yearly crop of
hoped for just enough time
but it does not suffice -
enough and sufficient time
will not grow in the lea field
this year
Now a man comes to mind,
living and dying
in a lea field
the man too,
field fallen fallow like the grassy meadow
that once fed his overcast gaze
yet the man believes still,
word seeds of lea poems prior planted
fullsome in their dormancy,
potent with patience,
shall not always remain so...
they are
bridges-in-waiting,
un-til,
ready once more
for the missed to
till
anew
Fish in the Sky
by Peter Fallon
Roadside railings
on raised ground —
and you presume a river
but find no stream.
So you picture the bed
of a railway track.
Nor sign of that.
Nor padded path.
Nor passageway.
The heart of another
is a dark wood.
Now a woman comes to mind
who didn’t care for me.
I loved her anyway.
And again that man
*in a lea field
who says one thing
and means another ...
As the main road gestures
anywhere —
a bridge over nothing,
a straddle of air.
by Peter Fallon
Roadside railings
on raised ground —
and you presume a river
but find no stream.
So you picture the bed
of a railway track.
Nor sign of that.
Nor padded path.
Nor passageway.
The heart of another
is a dark wood.
Now a woman comes to mind
who didn’t care for me.
I loved her anyway.
And again that man
*in a lea field
who says one thing
and means another ...
As the main road gestures
anywhere —
a bridge over nothing,
a straddle of air.
Johnny Noiπ May 2018
crash landing
Johnny Noiπ
May 2018
the poet's plane went down on the spot where
Amelia's bones are buried; cannibals
d eveloping the neighborhood building waterfront
condos & villas, contracting to build a marina
to attract the boating crowd; big city dollars from over the sky;
the poet met Sheila walking what he thought
the medicine man said was a deserted island .
she invited him
back to her hotel room & called own for a meal & bandages & patched up his cuts & ****** him off
Sheila was a successful business
entrepreneur w/ virtual plastic surgery; project the face u want people to see
a 3D print the face u want holographic mask that massages & soothes w/ light thriving tech-cosmetic company
this wasn't he r first time playing George
he started calling Lea Sheila
time . was his name but he'd start to forget
Good Samaritan the poet was lost, Sheila's agent flew down & collected George's poems
puttin g enough in the bank for the three to live well enough until the next tsunami
dazed thinking he was going out of his mind w / nowhere to go but to the beach George, Lea & her
but down to the beach & Sheila's room; her business partner taking a few days off wound up
. sleeping w/ the for w
. riting about the bad weather he
was nominated for the Nobel Prize . in literature
Lea's mother was a **** ******* ** who always had a smile & stayed ***** w/ weird little pink pills the medicine man gave her poet & he kind of stayed on in exchange for ***
mostly on the beach & when tornadoes
came through & ore up the plac Lea's mother e he volunteered w/ everyone else to help find those who vanished & then to rebuild he wrote about them & s dementia didn't keep him from writing
the little ***** named Lea wanted to be a believing
Catholic Roman but she was a *****;
ometimes read is weather poems live over a ham radio to be broadcast in the
a local ******* took an her john are good about paying
interest in him
& he got phone calls from Sheila
asking about his health Lea's
kr a ***** too--made twic what her daughter made in the big city
but when every is did it matter ruined she has to
Sometimes when she read George his poems Lea would throw in bits of the Bible to improve her
. English by the time she well read & became an eloquent speaker George didn't know which was which **** for free & collect later \
woman on a brief . two-day hiatus on the far south sea islan d where she kept an open reservation; & he was grateful; the young ***** took to wading . is poetry back to him
w/ the last tidal wave she & Gorge became a sort of prophet predicting the weather w/
George refused to shave his beard & his wife gave up after Sheila's lawyers bought her off
his poems & the medicine man
. brought his friends the other medicine
men from the surrounding
islands & initiated George into the cosmic tribe & made every happy & drunk George married
. Lea & her aged but lively mother in an ancient island
ceremony dating back after the episode w/ his wife George regained his senses; George was
at his best after every thing was annihilated thankfully
taking thankfully inventory of the dead & destroyed / George living there the place became a tourist trap
. .
he became the laureate of the cluster of small islands & atolls He bought a condo high above the sand y beach so he could see the waves smashing down on the houses on the shore
. to the very first humans; wow, a George lucidly to everyone's surprise like it was miracle;
Sheila, Ruthie her partner & Abigail the agent attended the well attended ceremony; George even made the press wires word getting back to his wife
in Bayonne; her husband missing several years & give up for dead her mother took to staying w/ the
increasingly forgetful poet in the suite
he told S heila &
. she felt terrible & . started sending money
so they could get by
Lea s topped smoking crack
Sheila said she was flying out in
the morning but that he could keep the room;
it was paid for by her company; her own company . she kissed his forehead as he slept
Everyone on the island was grateful to George & the poet grateful
to Sheila who appreciated Lea & her mother for looking after him.
Amelia's bones are buried; cannibals
d eveloping the neighborhood building waterfront
condos & villas, contracting to build a marina
to attract the boating crowd; big city dollars from over the sky;
the poet met Sheila walking what he thought
the medicine man said was a deserted island .
she invited him
back to her hotel room & called own for a meal & bandages & patched up his cuts & ****** him off
Sheila was a successful business
entrepreneur w/ virtual plastic surgery; project the face u want people to see
a 3D print the face u want holographic mask that massages & soothes w/ light thriving tech-cosmetic company
this wasn't he r first time playing George
he started calling Lea Sheila
time . was his name but he'd start to forget
Good Samaritan the poet was lost, Sheila's agent flew down & collected George's poems
puttin g enough in the bank for the three to live well enough until the next tsunami
dazed thinking he was going out of his mind w / nowhere to go but to the beach George, Lea & her
but down to the beach & Sheila's room; her business partner taking a few days off wound up
. sleeping w/ the for w
. riting about the bad weather he
was nominated for the Nobel Prize . in literature
Lea's mother was a **** ******* ** who always had a smile & stayed ***** w/ weird little pink pills the medicine man gave her poet & he kind of stayed on in exchange for ***
mostly on the beach & when tornadoes
came through & ore up the plac Lea's mother e he volunteered w/ everyone else to help find those who vanished & then to rebuild he wrote about them & s dementia didn't keep him from writing
the little ***** named Lea wanted to be a believing
Catholic Roman but she was a *****;
ometimes read is weather poems live over a ham radio to be broadcast in the
a local ******* took an her john are good about paying
interest in him
& he got phone calls from Sheila
asking about his health Lea's
kr a ***** too--made twic what her daughter made in the big city
but when every is did it matter ruined she has to
Sometimes when she read George his poems Lea would throw in bits of the Bible to improve her
. English by the time she well read & became an eloquent speaker George didn't know which was which **** for free & collect later \
woman on a brief . two-day hiatus on the far south sea islan d where she kept an open reservation; & he was grateful; the young ***** took to wading . is poetry back to him
w/ the last tidal wave she & Gorge became a sort of prophet predicting the weather w/
George refused to shave his beard & his wife gave up after Sheila's lawyers bought her off
his poems & the medicine man
. brought his friends the other medicine
men from the surrounding
islands & initiated George into the cosmic tribe & made every happy & drunk George married
. Lea & her aged but lively mother in an ancient island
ceremony dating back after the episode w/ his wife George regained his senses; George was
at his best after every thing was annihilated thankfully
taking thankfully inventory of the dead & destroyed / George living there the place became a tourist trap
. .
he became the laureate of the cluster of small islands & atolls He bought a condo high above the sand y beach so he could see the waves smashing down on the houses on the shore
. to the very first humans; wow, a George lucidly to everyone's surprise like it was miracle;
Sheila, Ruthie her partner & Abigail the agent attended the well attended ceremony; George even made the press wires word getting back to his wife
in Bayonne; her husband missing several years & give up for dead her mother took to staying w/ the
increasingly forgetful poet in the suite
he told S heila &
. she felt terrible & . started sending money
so they could get by
Lea s topped smoking crack
Sheila said she was flying out in
the morning but that he could keep the room;
it was paid for by her company; her own company . she kissed his forehead as he slept
Everyone on the island was grateful to George & the poet grateful
to Sheila who appreciated Lea & her mother for looking after him.