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michael hogan (July 14,1943 / Newport, Rhode Island)
Poems of michael hogan
| 1. | 2380 Market Street | 5/13/2012 |
| 2. | A Name | 5/13/2012 |
| 3. | And the Livin' Is Easy | 4/25/2012 |
| 4. | April in Mexico | 5/9/2012 |
| 5. | Before the Monsoon Rain -new- | 5/18/2013 |
| 6. | Bob Dylan Returns to Guadalajara | 5/13/2012 |
| 7. | Dear One | 2/28/2013 |
| 8. | Depression | 5/9/2012 |
| 9. | Dragons | 6/17/2012 |
| 10. | Dry Thoughts in a Rainy Season | 2/28/2013 |
| 11. | Ernest Hemingway,1961 | 4/25/2012 |
| 12. | Expatriate | 2/28/2013 |
| 13. | Fallen Angels | 4/25/2012 |
| 14. | For A Student Tempted By Suicide | 5/9/2012 |
| 15. | Freedom | 2/28/2013 |
| 16. | Golden | 5/13/2012 |
| 17. | Good Friday in Providencia | 3/28/2013 |
| 18. | Great-Grandmother's Eyes | 5/13/2012 |
| 19. | Hair Broker,1861 | 2/28/2013 |
| 20. | How A Planet Stays in Orbit | 2/23/2013 |
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Refusing To Be Ghosts
The elderly pass among us
in a blur of gray and white
noticed only when they hold up the line fumbling for change in a plastic purse
or do not know how to swipe the card with the proper side up
or scan the reservation code, or stand on the right of the moving sidewalk.
They are tentative and fragile like children or puppies
but not as cute
so they do not call forth our tenderness.
We wish them out of the way with their shuffling steps and inane questions
