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What the Lower Mind Discerns

Sam Silva

summer

Computer music from within
…matched in its expressive rhythm
by the rattling tin!
One of the coolest days in July
helps the feelings on toward Autumn’s endless sky
and leaf and breeze come soon

…a witch of a morning moments before August!
…with classical computer lullaby
nearby
that porch and screen
waiting for the haunting of the Moon
months away
on the feast of Halloween…

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Sam Silva

Sam Silva has published over 150 poems in print magazines, including Sow's Ear, The ECU Rebel, Pembroke Magazine, Samisdat, St. Andrew's Review, Charlotte Poetry Review, Main Street Rag and others. Has published at least 300 poems in online journals including Jack Magazine, Comrades, Megaera, Poetry Super Highway, physik garden, Ken again, -30-, Fairfield Review, Foliate Oak, and dozens of others. He is a frequent contributor to Empty Mirror.

His chapbooks have been published by three small presses, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize seven times. Bright Spark Creative of Wilimington published his first full-length book, EATING AND DRINKING.

He now has many books and chapbooks available at lulu.comsamsilva54 and as books available at Amazon. His spoken word poetry is available at the major digital markets such as Apple iTunes. Follow him on Twitter @samsilva1954.

Author: Sam Silva Tags: poetry Category: Poetry July 24, 2014

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Comments

  1. Sam Silva says

    December 8, 2019 at 10:00 am

    this is wonderful that you published this…I don’t remember it being accepted

    Reply
    • Denise says

      December 8, 2019 at 4:30 pm

      It was all the way back in 2004! I’m so glad to have published it.

      Reply

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