MOMA - A Poem (From "Speaking to the Darkness")
Mary E. Lohan
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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 mid-scream ..read more
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Halo - A poem (From "Four Folded Corners"
Mary E. Lohan
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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 &n ..read more
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Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: LIC (Long Island City), New York - A Poem (2015)
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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
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LIC (Long Island City), New York - A Poem (2015)
Mary E. Lohan
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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. By Mary E. Lohan ..read more
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Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: Oceancrest B&B - A Poem
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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
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Oceancrest B&B (2014) - A Poem
Mary E. Lohan
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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. By Mary E. Lohan ..read more
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Endings - A Poem (From "Two of Cups: A NY Poet in Galway")
Mary E. Lohan
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3y ago
Everything ends a breath, a laugh, tears fears if we are lucky -- I brace for ends when they will come anyway. By Mary E. Lohan ..read more
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Instructions on How to Clear Your Troubled Mind - A Poem (From "Speaking to the Darkness")
Mary E. Lohan
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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. By Mary E. Lohan ..read more
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Mary E. Lohan ~ Poetry: The Mechanics of Birth - A Poem (from "Four Folded...
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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
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