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Ken Greenman Poems

1319 ON KILLING COCKROACHES AND SUCH… 01-11-26

I am nearly Hari-Krishna-like when it comes to my belief in the universal sacredness of life. Yes, even Hitler’s life. Stow him away in some tiny closet behind the Port-a-Pots of some huge-sloping-land-fill that accepts only toxic waste! You know … Continue reading

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1318 HEARD IN AN ARGUMENT WITH MY MARXIST FATHER 01-09-25

…..but Father! Art is utility in the extreme! A smoothed, grooved, sledge-hammer handle. Mona Lisa smiling from her Louve wall. A Winslow Homer skiff, tacking on the waves. All lead to well smashed cinder blocks… concepts… say, proportion, balance… interpreted, … Continue reading

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1317 WHAT REMAINS. 01-07-26 (!!!)

When the dust and ash have settled in the sand and all that remains of my remains floating in the sea are splashes of my souls memories coming back to mind, then fading… BUT! I REMEMBER YOU! when you come … Continue reading

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1316 THERE WILL BE TOMORROW 12-28-25 (This is a song I have recorded the melody to on Nancy’s I-Phone…. It’s a western “red-river valley sort of song…” Maybe you can pick up the melody by reading the words… Enjoy! ken

chorus to be sung at the beginning and the end) My love, you know we can’t be sure about tomorrow for “today” is all that heaven gives for sure. But you can be sure that I will love you past … Continue reading

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AIaah? are you there? kAIen.

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1315 THE BEST NATURAL MEDICINE 12-18-25

If Kisses cured and Making Love restored us, well, again and Touch was found to be THE Greatest-Natural-Preventative-Eliexor- EVER! Oh! My Lord! How healthy my Love and I would be! And if the time it takes for showing love and … Continue reading

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1314 A CERTAIN BEAUTY STALKS THE STREETS OF ROME AT MIDNIGHT 12-14-25

She comes on… A levitating stiletto. Blade honed, for a slice to the bone. All hints of soft curves, or round mounds to rest your lips on or baby suckling, gone, hidden beneath her long, black, thigh high alpacca, turtle-neck-sweater … Continue reading

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1313 AN OLD MAN IN AN OLD SPANISH HOTEL BESIDE THE EVEN OLDER SEA 12-10-25

The old man wobbles into the hotel after the sidewalk’s been hosed and swept and the entry door’s hooked open. “Buenos Dias, Nina!” he growls to the young receptionist behind the front desk. She is the owners daughter. She taps … Continue reading

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1312 IN PRAISE OF AN ORDINARY ITALIAN GIRL 12-09-25

No Ugly Duckling tale, this… No startling-evolving into the Queen of Swans, Majestic, on some pond. No. This girl will be forever ordinary. A plain girl, walking the whirling streets of Rome! Stumbling on the cobble stone. Where, (though how … Continue reading

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1311 THE EXULTATION OF A LAMP SHADE… 12-09-25

…made of fiberglass, perhaps. Hanging on a wall in a restaurant in Rome. Unassuming. With two matching, interlocking partners, one above, the other below. But they are formed in the shape of ancient blocks of marble. From Carrera. The marble … Continue reading

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