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6 short poems by Sparrow

Sparrow

Shrug

I shrug
when I’d

rather
scream.

Overheard on the Subway

“Bedbugs make me horny.”

Car

A lone car on Route 28
at 5:22 AM – leaving the
night shift? Rushing to a
doctor? Or just wandering
(American wandering)?

3 Lines I Love

She has heard a whisper say,
Love hither makes his best retreat:
Like black leaves wheeling in the wind.

[Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Andrew Marvell, Oscar Wilde]

TV Shows That Failed

America’s Most Wanted Gift Coupons
America’s Most Wanted Shoelaces
America’s Most Wanted Floral Arrangements

Buddhist Breakthrough

When I harm others, I harm myself.
When I harm myself, I harm others.

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Sparrow

Sparrow lives in a doublewide trailer in Phoenicia, New York with his wife Violet Snow. He enjoys cooking potato-ginger-bok choy stew. Sparrow is the author of five books, the most recent being The Double Dream of Spring: A Peg Sluice Mystery (cowritten with Mike Topp). His app, “Fake Wisdom,” is available on iTunes. (There's a 30 day free trial.) Sparrow plays flutophone in the antinomian pop group Foamola. Follow him on Twitter @sparrow14.

Author: Sparrow Tags: poetry Category: Poetry March 29, 2014

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Comments

  1. Eileen Foyle-Saft says

    January 4, 2021 at 11:59 am

    Good morning,
    I would like you to know that I appreciate your work very much. The Harm poem resonates greatly.
    Thank you for sharing your pieces.
    Best,
    Eileen

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