FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: MOON STONES Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words moon and/or stone, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on June14th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Moon Stones will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Joe Grieco

ADVICE TO SPINOZA

 

Never trust anybody who hasn’t done time

And don’t even think about trusting a cop

Cops drink like fish

 

Never walk the streets in New York or LA or Amsterdam or Taos

Loaded down with stuff in both hands

You need to be able to throw a punch at the drop of a hat

 

Return all hearts to their rightful owners

They were never yours to keep

Hearts are just loaners

 

Remember the lotus flower is born out of mud

Remember the moon is a stone of constant beauty, in constant orbit, out of heart’s reach

Remember the tigerfish never once backed down from a fight

Remember all hearts are loners


1 comment:

  1. I love your gritty edgey poem. This is my kind of poetry. You are my kind of people.

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