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“lay down the burden of art” | Haiku

September 9, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Massey Lay Down The Burden of Arttrust your truest voice / lay down the burden of art / hunger for the new

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“Three Blues on The Delaware” | Poem

July 31, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Three Blues on The Delaware

The soul of the world sings in blue, sapphire
Midnight cerulean stone periwinkle Aegean
Egyptian steel, shadow shimmer, silver glint,
Flow tide breeze and sun, musics of smooth
Chaos soft violence restlessness dissolution
Concord mystery beauty revelation change,
My blood singing back to the singing waters.

Furious machines burning anger, fume and
Rage to the choke point, ferocity of sound,
From here all silence and twinkle, sweeping
Slow rise and fall, rust blistered blue towers,
Harp-strung, Buddha serene, light and heavy,
A mountain of stone and steel engineered to
Rise like thought and dance in the delicate air.

Spring has uncorked all her bottles, pours her
Sparkling vintage into the coupe of May with
A liberal hand. Winter’s damp gloom is swept
From the vaulting sea and a convoy of cloud
Blusters at full sail. I will fill my pockets with
Rubies and expectations, book passage on a
Perfect merchantman and trade with heaven.

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Thanks to Philadelphia Stories for publishing Three Blues on The Delaware in the Summer 2016 issue.

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“the old master’s face” | Haiku

September 30, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey The Old Master's Facesad lambent at peace / deep in the shadowy gloom / the old master’s face

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“these failed machines these poems” | Tanka

September 28, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Tanka 132 Peter Massey Butterflies Built From Scrap Metalall these failed machines / these poems like butterflies / built from scrap metal / by incompetent robots / wings clanking on barren ground

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“church bells and mopeds” | Haiku

September 25, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey Church Bells and Mopedschurch bells and mopeds / sing for the azure twilight / sea gulls then silence

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“made ugly by money” | Haiku

September 23, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey Made Ugly By Moneyfoul glittering streets / once beautiful souls all made / ugly by money

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“alive in this stone” | Haiku

September 21, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku 136 Alive in This Stonealive in this stone / an ancient tropical sun / a warm shallow sea

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“your running back fails, a mockingbird calls” | Haiku

September 18, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Peter Galen Massey Haiku Running Back Touchdownyour running back fails / to score the touchdown you need / a mockingbird calls

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“blow summer a final fanfare” | Haiku

September 16, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey Bloom Like Firethe orange trumpets / bloom like fire, blow summer / a final fanfare

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