Warren Falcon Poems

Light the torches using lightning,
place one islander on that central beacon

(he'll stick there spread eagle) .
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What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms. - Kobayashi Issa
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for Louis Zukofsky


'O framar of
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Planet UnRequitia Poem # 1 - Prologue

Searching Near Mule Kick Creek For William Faulkner's Grave In Mississippi
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Planet Unrequitia Poem 38

for Richard Hugo
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Planet Unrequitia Poem 155


At the laundromat now a woman
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We take our ragged bones out
of rented rooms for long walks.
You point out between bricks
the rainbows in windows,
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Dripped in
Soaked from rain announcing,
'I need to get out of these
Wet clothes and into a dry martini'
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Planet UnRequitia Poem # 4


for Krisna
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For Karthik

'Sleepy Bee, ' she called to him. 'Go, my Sleepy Bee, to the garden go and be sure to smell the jasmine there, touch gently the spices in trembling rows, fetch then some of them, chilies of many colors and I will prepare for you a dish as you wish. When the teacher makes you sleepy by noon reach then your fingers to your face, smell the spices there, remember the touch of smooth skinned chilies whispering of lingering liaisons to come, and you will brighten my Sleepy Bee.'
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