Category Archives: poetry

Stevieslaw: Inspiration (a work in progress)

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stevieslaw

It blew in against the tide with so little fanfare that it startled the longshoremen, who had taken to rust in the salt air. The smiles of self-congratulation rivalled the blaze of the rising sun. “For patience and perseverance,” said … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: My Fragile Condition

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stevieslaw

My Fragile Condition In my glory days, I’d get rejections from all the best journals. Once or twice there was even a penned note from some assistant to the assistant editor, hinting at how close I had nearly come. These … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Complicated

Posted on May 27, 2014 by stevieslaw

It’s not Complicated Our yoga teacher calmly commands our attention, as she stands a perfect tree on the waxed wooden floor of our ancient gymnasium, and proposes, this week, to teach us how to breathe. “It’s not complicated,” she whispers … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Calendar of Events—Art Auction

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stevieslaw

The Inherited Wealth Club has announced the auction of recently looted 20th Century Art at 2 in the afternoon on May 1st (May Day). The club, which moved to a new home on the corner of 5th Avenue and 81st … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Guest Editorial

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stevieslaw

Here is a guest editorial from Tom Paxton. Buy a Gun for Your Son Words and Music by Tom Paxton Hallelujah, Dads and Mommies, Cowboys, Rebels, Yanks and Commies Buy yourselves some real red blooded fun. If you want to … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: All You Can Eat (Hy’s Song)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by stevieslaw

All You Can Eat Dad was banned for life from the all-you-can-eat places all up and down the Eastern seaboard. It was a wonder to see his likeness on a greasy “not wanted here” bulletin board at an Italian Smorgasbord … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Barry

Posted on February 13, 2014 by stevieslaw

Barry I made his bail in some crappy little courthouse in the Panhandle. I don’t recall the name for what he’d sold. The sun was high and the light had turned the town an astonished white. After, we ate biscuits, … Continue reading →

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For Sylvia

Posted on August 12, 2013 by stevieslaw

I can laugh now, but for a time I was so scared of my shadow; that I would only venture forth at night, or noon or during an occasional eclipse of the sun. You might guess that I’d be ridiculed, … Continue reading →

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Saturday

Posted on October 10, 2011 by stevieslaw

Today, in Pennsylvania, we have the kind of perfect October day that often arrives with the High Holidays. The trick of living here, in the shadow of the great lakes, is not to let the tilt of the low and … Continue reading →

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StevieslawExclusive: Save This Date

Posted on August 16, 2011 by stevieslaw

Latest opinion polls suggest that 6.2% of the population approves of the performance of the current legislators. Most pollsters will tell you that the percent of people who do not understand even the simplest questions is roughly 6.3%. Those people … Continue reading →

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