National Poetry Month 30/30

So I’ve decided to do a 30/30 Haiku/Senryu for NaPoMo again. Of course the goal is to get to 30 but I usually get at least 60+ . Here we go!

Pandemic-
I wash my hands before
biting my nails

Breaking the midday silence-
Cherry blossoms

Pandemic-
The corner boys
wear different masks

Quarantine Day Nine-
My last barbershop memory
fades

Pandemic-
Moving my mask
to take a puff

Day moon-
That website subscription
you forgot to cancel

Pandemic-
The cat licks each paw
for 20 seconds

St. Patrick’s Day-
The green bits in a pool
of vomit

Long time no see

http://youtu.be/W29zEuZVaxs

On the Boardwalk
a piece of taffy pulls
two kids together

I know it’s been forever since I posted here. Part of that is because I mostly used to post poetry and stuff about music. Prince left us and I’ve been fucked up ever since. Also, I got some poems published in some fancy journals which is good, but it turns out that they consider poems posted to a personal blog as “published” and generally will only take unpublished work. So I had to make a choice and I decided not to post any new poems since it takes me so long to generate new material. But now I’m back, at least for a while . . . The video above is from a Kazakh singer named Dimash Kudaibergen who is maybe the most amazing vocal artist I’ve ever seen. Discovering his music has gotten me back on track in that area. Also, here is an article/interview of me written by a local writer Dave Simpson with photos by Alex Philippe Cohen that actually took about five years from start to finish. You gotta admire that type of tenacity from a writer. https://popula.com/2020/02/20/a-renegade-in-atlantic-city/