POEMS: twenty cents each
By Mary Ann Archibald
Copyright © Mary Ann Archibald 1995 - 2012
Smashwords Edition
Cover image: “Amy” (Bougah Dog No. 1)
Original painting © 2004 Mary Ann Archibald
Thank you for reading this “living” ebook of poetry. I update and expand the book when fresh poems are available. Overtime, I will add even more poems (and illustrations), which will hopefully make for a fun reader experience, because the book will grow longer and possibly wiser, just like that magical book in Harry Potter. After all, we are in an age when books themselves are made of magic.
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M.A.
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License notes: All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. No part of this publication can may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other way), except for brief quotations in reviews). The license is non-transferrable. Two of the poems were previously published, see details at end of ebook.
Table of Contents (TOC)
POEMS
Rejection Collection: The New Yorker Poem
END NOTES
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Brass
polished notes
through corridors of brass
wind their way
through fields of melodies
raking corn
spearing fish
with nipped ears
hear bright yellow sound
flowing freely
bubbling along the
river’s edge
of an elevator’s interior
penthouse notes
of executive brass
work their way through fields of commodities
raking it in
spearheading deals
dripped tears
flow blood red
bubbling along a
child’s face
on the edge
of the third interior
Mock Orange Evening
On being a girl who
loves enveloping my head
in the scent of the mock orange.
To close my eyes
and think about world peace
Until I am dizzy.
From its fragrance
and greenery of possibility
with those vibrant white petals.
That light up the night
eclipsing fireflies
on a hot July evening.