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Charlie, the Dragon Poet

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

Charlie, the Dragon Poet one crooked Tuesday late I drank too much Bukowski got mean with the pen slapped a few syllables around ..

delightful dandelions in the perfect lawn of poetr..

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

delightful dandelions in the perfect lawn of poetryif we are too strictortoo disciplined with our syllablestoo rampant with our rhymetoo splashy or bu..

not room enough in the confessional

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

not room enough in the confessional i loved you and promised you the world in the back of the Oldsmobile as we unhooked, unzipped ..

invitee

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

inviteelet us partywe will dip our bulletsinto a crowdwipe the blood off our chinswith our fancy napkinshave someone put the bodies in the trashshare ..

he's money

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

he's moneya turn of the heada slippery breezethe aim truethen the lie happenson the groundperplexion and chaossomeone shouts "down"there is death in t..

The Book of Restful Longing

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

The Book of Restful Longing arms and legs in rhythm wrap themselves like gifts encircling skin's affect from touch tong..

uncoupled

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

uncoupled the parents wept for the children separation anxiety perplexed state of love arranged detention dictated joy t..

cool breeze

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

cool breeze Pendleton patterns of a mother's love sporadic squares of sutured feeling the cold protected on the inside of ..

even they weep

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

even they weepthe hound dogparlays a sly smilebehind its real expressionmaybe the sadness is imaginedmaybe the scent he fearsare his own dreamsand the..

Headliner

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

Headlinertepid blueslukewarm clarinetnotes bubble slightlychanneledshe sings with purple lipsglowing in the bar's fading lightthe melody so uncomforta..