James P. Roberts Poems

Sugricality: the habit of sprinkling sugar on cereal.
Zoomitose: the blank state of mind one gets when driving for a long time.
Amblicraz: walking with shaky knees.
Duplilody: playing the same song twice.
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How many more books
would you have written
granted an extra thirty-eight years?
The thought is staggering.
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The field of stone crosses
stretched beyond the eye
cry out against a reddened sky
of a sunset in Lithuania.
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Do not tell me I do not
know what is coming,
proud bookish one,
secure in your knowledge.
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Your body is a map
of labyrinthine ways.
I unwind a slender thread
to weave among colorful paths:
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Cranberry harvest over
they invade the doll kingdom
for a brief season
of musical language, coffee,
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1. Donutzetti = Donizetti
2. Palinguini = Paganini
3. Strawberinsky = Stravinsky
4. Rachstroganoff = Rachmaninoff
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It was called 'Feast with the Beasts':
having lunch at the Zoo
amidst all the exotic animals.
Thousands of people lined up
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1. Never end your poem with 'forever'.
2. Avoid 'the' with all your might.
3. Sentimentality works fine for Hallmark.
4. Death is everywhere, always has been.
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