Bio: Norman J. Olson is a small press poet and artist who was born in 1948. Since his first publication in 1984, he has published poetry and art work in 15 countries and all over the USA. You can see his art work at http://normanjolson.com/
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winter image poem #137
a garbage truck and a
cartoon cat screamed in silent bondage at
the snowbound street. windows
cried real tears…
were they looking for redemption or
expiation? who knows? who cares? reflections of
unreality lit
up the blank walls
and snow slipped silently
through the cracks… there were windmills as
far as the eye could see
but nothing moved
and
the neon sky tore
the silence to shreds…
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winter image poem #6
ice age angels, cool as glass,
tore through the
bleak suburban
houses… red tail lights led straight
to the gates of hell… no, this is not
a religious story!!! it is simply a
rather garbled confession…
the saints
have gone marching in… while the suburban
houses burned, and stained glass
windows turned black
with desire or disease…
I found myself on my knees, praying to a god
I do not believe in for forgiveness of sins
I did not commit… my fingers have gone
mad
and with nuclear winter just around
the corner, it seems that we
are now
shadows
on
the
snow…
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winter image poem #85
anthropomorphic trees
writhe and groan
in the shivering breeze… trial balloons
explode on
the unseen flat screen like
something that
can barely
remember being alive…
time may or may not be real, but it is spiraling away…
tomorrow, the
bricks will get
up and
dance down the street…
what dream guides
my typing fingers? what night
is coming?
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