Poems

Original Poetry by Warren Gaston

What I Noticed on the Beach

the earth - dense enough to bear the sea  the sea - dense enough to bear the sky  the sky - dense enough to bear the bird  the bird - complex enough to bear  earth, sea, and sky

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Words Working (7)

A fist of words, gloves off, sock the eyes of the ear & the ears of the eye. The punched mind jerks         not deflecting harm but reflecting on what can be learned from the bruise.      

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Sunset

The fiery sun drops without sizzle into the Western sea, the end of another illusion called day.

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Shores

The ocean is full of rain. The rain is full of ocean. Yet, I can distinguish one from the other. rain falls, waves roll, toward vertical or horizontal shores.

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The Poet

At age twelve, I wanted to be a poet. What does it take, I wondered? To be a poet. A real poet, I mean. One with dirt on his shovel to dig. Uncovering.  

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Vehicular Cooperation

Corollas nearing Mustangs, Mazda’s tailing Infinities, a Lincoln  passed by a beat-up Ford each precisely spaced in time; big rigs, SUV’s, sedans, minis, motorcycles, speeding south through radar on interstate I-75. On the curve, the cloverleaf, the exit ramp, the...

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Denying the Holocaust

In sacred memory of the murdered millions International Holocaust Remembrance Day 1/27/2023 I would like to believe the Holocaust never happened and except for the overwhelming weight of evidence, I could. I would like to believe the Holocaust never happened,...

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