Roger Gerald Hicks

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They say it
begins at 40.
I dunno.
...

Tombs are houses with provisioned tables
and freshly made beds...

Dad tells me aside they haven't
...

Old, a septuagenarian, my world is closing in- not
so much like being tackled by a bunch of linesman,
but in the sense everything is disappearing.
...

Lucky husband doubtlessly
you take Celia for granted- your right.
But perhaps you haven't inspected her closely-
lately-
...

Life, for the most part, is gastly
unfair because only queens gets sex.

We're overworked and under fed.
...

In 9th grade, I fell in love
with a blond cheerleader,
as she and her girlfriends,
walked to the new Foster's Freeze
...

Red tells friends,
the wolf is trained,
shares food
fresh and warm
...

Pre-dawn light. Bleak, black, rocky shore, aqua-marine
lapped bordering the Corniche on the left.Roaring banshee
screams on high preclude falling canisters with their
ball-bearings and efficient killing explosives five
...

My shiny new refrigerator
has been stressing
changes in house rules.
...

This poem driving along
in his rat-trap eyes a sign
says BED test Monday
thinks perhaps job offer;
...

Sexy, flunky,
smart and diverse
blackfemale,
full
...

I tried on June, then July-
wore August
until my knees
showed and the crotch burst.
...

The first thing the quiet:
the sweet-smelling, raucous parakeets,
her pets,
gone.
...

In January 1942 I was five
on a farm
outside Los Angeles.
At night,
...

new. never tortured
.before. wasn't sure. i wanted
but. my job was.
that. or.Northern. Front. trench duty.
...

They say judge a woman's generosity
by the width of her bed, the fullness
of her refrigerator.
This saying, about generosity,
...

It's equal opportunity.
Including n____,
there are more
names for people of color
...

Mensa...society...qualification...top 2%... anyIQ test...

Arrangement's out of whack...barn-like room. Chairs each side- gapping expanse to traverse.Everyone calculating target and likelihood.Junior high dance in gym, except seventh graders pushing fifty.Folks gawking "Jeopardy" like in a Sunshine Home.Black outfitted guy, reading L. Ron Hubbard thriller.
...

J:
You may wish to deny
you were once an I,
buti, j.See!
...

So much depends
upon

a gold plastic
...

Roger Gerald Hicks Biography

Roger Gerald Hick, an American poet & artist, is co-founder of RedondoPoets.com and the 22-year old Coffee Cartel weekly poetry reading in Redondo Beach, California. His poetry has been published widely & he's been featured 15 times at Los Angeles, California poetry venues. His writing and art have won many contests, including the L.A. County fair. He taught essay writing for the TOEFL three years. In 1999 he received the Torrance (city) Achievement in Literary Arts Award. He is a member of California State Poetry Society, Poetry Society of New Hampshire, and listed in " U.S.A. Poets and Writers National Directory." Hicks attended high school in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Beirut, Lebanon; and graduated from Phoenix College, A.A.; Arizona State University, B.S. He earned Master's Degree at West Coast University in Los Angeles. Additionally, two years post-graduate in philosophy and psychology. Most recent poetry acceptances: 2018 Paterson Literary Review (New Jersey) & 2018 San Diego city) Poetry Annual)

The Best Poem Of Roger Gerald Hicks

Oh, Yeah?

They say it
begins at 40.
I dunno.

Denny Mc'Neal,
my ex-boss
(who fired me,
the prick!) ,

at thirty-six
on his yacht

dropped dead.

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The heart dictates all things slanted; defines all concepts alien to physics.

Flirting can be exploration of shadows where syllabus and Zen are scribbles.

Men obsess about newness and virginity, both ruined in a day.

Theories are like men's noses, each has one. And there's always a defect in the logic of those theories. People believe in their theories because they have faith in their logic. This goes for both Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners as well. Our logic makes us all sucker.

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