r james sterzinger Poems

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21.
Dreaming Of Isadora Duncan

Walking with her through Avenue Champs E'lysees'
Her long blood red scarf taken by the breeze.
A ragged beggar stops us
From his soiled pocket he offers to sell
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22.
While Watching The Birds Fly South For W. S. Merwin

While Watching the Birds Fly South
for W. S. Merwin
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23.
To Irène Némirovsky...For M

when the cold comes
under the door
when fear wraps around you
hang on to the hope
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24.
Pentecost....In Memory Of Mandelstam...For M

this night
this terrible dark night
I walked alone into the kitchen
turn on the light. From the hole
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25.
Thrift Store Girl

At the entrance of the thrift store
Stood the girl, sixteen, maybe
If I had to bet a dime, closer
To twelve or fourteen I'd
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26.
Olga

she told us she was ready to go. still
we didn't want that to happen. her mind
was fading in and out. seeing people
she had known in the past.
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27.
St. Peggy

Ah!
Catholic boy I once was,
Once and always one
Today I think of you, St. Peggy.
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28.
What Sonny Liston Taught Me

what force mitigates these changes
what Vesuvian energy burns
the year's days away then
snips away the threads
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29.
For M In Greece

my wishes sit side by side with you
as you leave these Americas
to join family who are waiting for you
near the Aegean's blue waters.
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30.
Communion Time....For D.A.

this week a little
too primal a little
too guttural letting
the deep animal
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