Mary E. Lohan
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Poetry about Life and Love by a NY Poet.
Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Cezanne - Still Life with Apples
The sun
kindles the sky
I dodge the New
York suits
the anthill scramble
of lunchtime,
pay the speckled lady
in the white, wide lobby
to broach the mazes
of these boxed halls,
the din of school kids
directionless
spins then falls,
Gauguin - Still Life with Three Puppies
up the aligned
escalators we go,
lovers and others,
like me, alone, stroll
at the top, Marina
Abramovic --
B&W films roll
suspended,
within a few steps
post-war tension
jiggling breasts
one feminine
face, aghast
upended
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
you are not dead
although that might not seem as bad
four screws
with shaking hands
he drives them
one by one
into your skull
building
an erector set
of metal rods
a bone anchored
helmet
so heavy
you are unable to
lie down
without assistance
consider yourself
paralyzed or
the host
of a tumor
to receive this honor
you don't cry
not until
he bolts
your head to
the table
slides your body
into an MRI
so narrow
your elbows
rub its insides
how do you keep
your sanity
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: LIC (Long Island City), New York - A Poem (2015): It is as it was We move along the suspended track, winding through smokestacks, edifices without proper faces toward the banking towe ..read more
Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
It is as it was
We move along the suspended
track, winding through
smokestacks, edifices
without proper faces
toward the banking tower
the lone citadel of this
trash-strewn region
I have returned to
the borough of my youth
not out of want
but necessity
as this Barack era
has further stripped
the city of meaningful
work with benefits
It is as it was --
plentitude and barrenness
exchange greetings
I climb the stairs
to the office.
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: Oceancrest B&B - A Poem: Misty darkness the thrumbing windshield wipers the flared "flow this way" mark on roads that look like arrows -- to us Americ ..read more
Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Misty darkness
the thrumbing windshield wipers
the flared "flow this way"
mark on roads that look
like arrows -- to us Americans
it sits back from the Atlantic
at the base of a stairway
an open invitation
to the Promenade
I have come to breathe
find myself once again
in the sunsets and panoramas
that inspire awe.
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Everything ends
a breath,
a laugh,
tears
fears
if we are
lucky --
I brace
for ends
when they
will come
anyway.
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Calculate the misdeeds, list them, itemize them,
affix bold headings like Blame and push through
don't bother being fair
fairness is meant for those you respect
don't bother being polite
rudeness comes naturally and is a measure of might
yes, calculate the misdeeds
list them meticulously, then cite the wrong and the blame
then wonder why this list
(although the names differ) is always the same.
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Mary E. Lohan
3y ago
Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: The Mechanics of Birth - A Poem (from "Four Folded...: They don't tell you that you'll have to lie flat on your back hold your own legs from behind your knees a ..read more