Hans Ostrom Poems

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151.
A Night Of Bluegrass

Go ahead and cut the top off-a that mountain
to get your coal, Mr. High Pockets. You
can't cut that high-pitched wail out of the air
where the mountain was
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152.
Celebrities

CELEBRITIES IN BED

They itch, scratch, writhe, sleep, snore. Yes,
all right, sex too. Also mites. Mites are a
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153.
The Chessboard

Apologies to Mr. Blake,
For heaven's sake.
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154.
No, Chess Isn't War

Chess isn't war. It's opposite of
war. Non-violently, hands seize the medium
composing pieces, lie quietly, make
notes, or report silently on stress.
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155.
Juvenal In The Desert

Who pays for the trespasses of the satirist?
In my case, the satirist. For my imaginative
attacks, I suffer dull imprisonment
in this shabby oasis.
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156.
Engulfed

A shadow hands you a book
and walks away. You open
the book to a middle page,
where you read, 'The good idea
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157.
Elegy For Richard Hugo

(1923-1982)

You said to wait ten years before
trying to write an elegy about someone
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158.
Particular Thief

'With more data, suspected new particle vanishes.' Science News,3 September 2016, p.13


If scientists had long suspected
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159.
Transformation: Tourist

He arrived by phone
at is destination
and immediately began
slamming into local
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160.
Chess Teachings

This is just to confirm that a dance
is more pleasurable than a fist fight.

Geometry likes to stretch.
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