Category Archives: poetry

Stevieslaw: You Can’t Go Home Again ?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by stevieslaw

My Argument with Thomas Wolfe Perhaps you can. But hurry. Before dusk grays your vision as your hair. Before the asphalt buckles with the weight of tomorrow. Grab a Greyhound, man. See America again. Even if it’s from the worn … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: My Education

Posted on March 11, 2017 by stevieslaw

My Education Grandma taught me to keep a kicker ace, that post position trumped track condition, and against all odds, to hit at seventeen. She taught me to be leery of one-eyed jacks, the queen of spades, and politicians who … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Matisse-The Terrace at St. Tropez

Posted on February 20, 2017 by stevieslaw

    http://www.ekphrastic.net Matisse: the Terrace St. Tropez, by Steve Deutsch The Terrace St. Tropez, by Henri Matisse (France), 1904. Matisse: the Terrace St. Tropez Here in Saint Tropez, colours melt in the Mediterranean sun. Frontiers vanish and I am … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw:Inspiration

Posted on February 8, 2017 by stevieslaw

My poem inspiration just appeared on http://thedrabble.wordpress.com.  Give it a look.

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Stevieslaw: After Tet

Posted on January 24, 2017 by stevieslaw

My poem appears in the new issue of Misfit Magazine (misfit magazine.net. After Tet Rick got the glasses in Tokyo, on R&R and the shrapnel in Khe Sanh. He said they turned sunlight to a kaleidoscope of color and after … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Cabin Fever

Posted on December 19, 2016 by stevieslaw

Cabin Fever Smokey, that old gray cat with the disposition of my grandma Vlad, is buried in the backyard in an old shoe box meant for high tops. She lived to seventeen— a grand old age for cats, and by … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: The Way We Are Now

Posted on December 14, 2016 by stevieslaw

The Way We Are Now My neighbor, Mike, will build a fence this spring. I watch as landscapers pace the boundary between our quarter acres, penciling distances and slopes, in hope of a winning bid. Frost wrote, “Good fences make … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Posted on December 11, 2016 by stevieslaw

Performed by Patti Smith for Bob Dylan at the Nobel Prize Ceremony. More vital today, in the age of Trump and his thugs,than it was when he wrote it in 1963. The last stanza always tears me up (in both … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2016 by stevieslaw

Thanksgiving   I picture you happy and at the shore. Just a short walk from the once fashionable resort you may remember visiting years and years ago. It is off-season and the corduroy jacket you have worn forever is not … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Flotilla

Posted on November 12, 2016 by stevieslaw

My poem, “Flotilla,” won honorable mention in last week’s Poetry Nook’s contest.  It was originally published in, “Weatherings” an Anthology of poetry about homelessness, aging, and our planet by Future Cycle Press as part of their good works project.  The … Continue reading →

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