Mark Butkus Biography
Mark Butkus wrote about the environment for more than 20 years. In Mexico, he exercises the left side of his brain. As one of the founders of the Bar None Group he has edited two anthologies of English writing from the Costalegre region of Mexico. Caught between two worlds he now calls Chicago home.
Poems listed at Poemhunter first appeared on the Bar None Group website at: www.barnonegroup.com with the following exceptions: 'Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder' first appeared online at Stories Space and; 'For A Mother' appeared on the now dormant Basil and Spice.
The Bar None Group welcomes submissions from writers novice and established. Visit the website for details or email: barnonegroup(at) gmail.com
Was looking for some change
To do the laundry on 8th Street
When I came across Charlotte’s shells
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On the night that bin Laden died
with a bullet in his head
A beeping phone awoke me
from a restless night's sleep
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La Aurora de Nueva York tiene
cuatro columnas de cieno
y un huracán de negras palomas
que chapotean las aguas podridas.
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When your name is stolen from a book
it's easy to lift lines
I don't know if she knows it
or even if it matters
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The ice is drinking my Absinthe
Ethereal worms dance in my glass
I have to improvise while wearing spats
My TV is wearing a Hawaiian shirt
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