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Since 1996 Volume XXI


Blakeslee Stevens













First published 1965 in The American Poet. Work has regularly appeared in various publications since in the U.S., Australia and Germany. Publishers include but are not limited to : PERSPECTIV, POETSFEET, LOUDER THAN BOMBS, VENICE WEST REVIEW, SIC, BLACK TAPE PRESS, HOME PLANET NEWS, L.A. EMISSIONS, FIFTH SUN , ARTFAX, RHYME SCHEME, NEWLETTERS, among others. My poems and plays have been performed on radio in the US and internationally. I have collaborated with European and African musicians on poetry and music . I am currently fighting for my life against an aggressive form of prostate cancer. See also "MY RECOVERY FROM CANCER" on GOFUNDME.

 

 

The poetry of the very last word

the last time you will speak it

make it last

the forever of the final kiss

goodbye goodbye goodbye

The begging bowl

which is also the therapy bill

from me to you

keep moving

you cannot stay still

have meditations instead

of multi grain bread

it's Lent

it's bent

we are past evolution and big bangs

those are dreams

whirling in the godhead

a martini of time and rhyme

making up poems 

and selling it as scripture

 to pay the rent.






I'm swiftly carried to my feet

where hot and cold

air currents meet.

Arriving storms replacing

damp, cold norms

of speech and reach.

Two destinations

separated by lightning.








I'm swiftly carried to my feet

where hot and cold

air currents meet.

Arriving storms replacing

damp, cold norms

of speech and reach.

Two destinations

separated by lightning.





Wandering around the produce section at the all night Vons in Hollywood at 3am wondering what a whole papaya looks like made me feel as if I’d just arrived from Outer Space.  It began to dawn on me that maybe I had.




DRONE

 

To have the words inside

Without the voice to speak them

Nor the hands to write.

Artificial hands

Mechanical brain

I am a model airplane.



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