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A praying mantis offers up its last flutter, seizes, falls.
Cracking on a brick step,
its abdomen releases one fat maggot
which saunters forth the first of nine.
Empty casket, open womb.
The corpse of a little boy wastes in the parlor,
his hair oiled and combed too neat,
eyes stiff open.
Mosquitoes refuse him but flies don’t.
Campfire bacchanalia.
Hey
This was me fooling around with learning the mountain dulcimer a la Joni Mitchell. Now I might actually have to learn to play that too!
Hey
Hey. Over there with the blue suit on
If you listen you’ll hear my song for you.
Hey, will my heart ever be the same?
Though I don’t even know your name, it’s true.
PREPARING FOR A POETRY READING
Preparing For A Poetry Reading
By Jorge Antonio Vallejos
I’m reading tonight at a conference put on by a local organization called Colour of Poverty. The conference, From Poverty To Power, has been on for the last three days. The organizers wanted to include arts that reflected the topic so two fellow poets and I will be on stage tonight.
good info here. thank you!
why we like straight forward poetry
http://straightforwardpoetry.com/2013/04/26/598/
Too Early For Blueberries
by PD Lyons
Maybe she dyed her hair
Wore black sweats, grey skirts
Walked a black Boston dog
Down the paths of
Maybe you just missed her
Lacy fern still turtles
Sunning
Trees fallen
Dwindling open water
PD Lyons
pd lyons has been writing for a long time now and
hopes to continue doing so for even longer. Work has
appeared in many mags & zines throughout the world.
Has two collections of poetry published by Lapwing
Press Belfast. Please visit pdlyons blog for poetry
publishing info and new releases: http://pdlyons.wordpress.com/
the old fellow near the sea
choosing to blossom.
Pardon my absence. I’ve been using springtime as an opportunity to sprout; to push through a thick layer of earth and reach toward the sky in hopes that I will develop flowers. It’s been lovely, really. And more challenging than I ever imagined.
That’s germinating.
My work and my personal life have been stretching me in ways I never thought possible.
help direct the irsh government
help direct the irsh government
I don’t think the country is lead by evil men. Rather it is being lead by men without direction. It is up to the citizens, to provide them with clear direction – otherwise they will continue to flounder chasing this whim or that as dictated by EU, bankers, other countries; none of which will have the best interests of the Irish citizen at heart. Please copy and ask people to support a change in direction by signing the new proclamation as given below. You may return to me at pd Lyons Tonashammer, Hilltown,Castlepollard Westmeath. I will submit as document to news editors, politicians, radio, tv, etc. and have it read into the official Dail records. At least we can make the statement. The more names the more impact.
Thank you for taking the time to read and to act.
all the best
peter d lyons
tonashammer
hilltown
castlepollard
westmeath
ireland
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April 24, 1916
The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not extinguished the right, nor can it ever be extinguished except by the destruction of the Irish people. In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty: six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms.Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State, and we pledge our lives and the lives of our comrades-in-arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare, and its exaltation among the nations.
April 24, 2013
NOWHERE DO THEY MENTION OWNERSHIP BY THE EU, BANKS, OR ANY POLITICAL PARTY.
I Do Not Support The eviction of Irish Citizens:
Name Signature County Date
Issue Four
Issue Four of Straight Forward is now available on LitRagger! You can download the app on the Apple App Store.
This fabulous issue has poems from Mitchell Grabois, Amber Edmondson, Colin Dodds, Sam Eliot, Carrie Padian, Amber McMains, Janeen Rastall and more. I really hope you love this issue as much as we do.
