Category Archives: BEAT

RADICAL BEAT POET

Posted on July 13, 2026 by edenbray

radical beat poet .. .wherever dust settlesand the folded flag lays flaccidsprinkled with bloods of the innocenta partizan and his gunthe zealot in his zealpontificates of power rest easywho hold the bigger gunwield one thousand brave menand women in their … Continue reading →

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YOWL LIKE YOU MEAN IT .. .

Posted on April 28, 2026 by edenbray

YOWL LIKE YOU MEAN IT .. . .. they said write what you knowas though I knew anythingor any thing was knowableso many critical things had changedand I submerged within a sea of wonderingit seemed likely this could not lastI … Continue reading →

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OPTIMIST at the OPTOMETRIST

Posted on December 7, 2025 by edenbray

optimist at the optometrist .. . optimist at the optometrist 1, 000 illuminated eyes waiting to decide Buddy Holly brides endless eyebrows rising space-pod aliens disguise urban cowboys overheard in private conversations about their ears and eyes Marianna’s blackened eaux … Continue reading →

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HANDWRITTEN ODE TO PASSING STRANGER .. . .. .

Posted on September 25, 2025 by edenbray

HANDWRITTEN ODE TO PASSING STRANGER .. . .. . . .. shutdown the world as if it is winter oil your knives and store your tools for i have seen the winter’s edge and i have stood on land’s ledge … Continue reading →

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WORLDS in COLLISION .. .

Posted on September 4, 2025 by edenbray

worlds in collision .. . . . I reminded myself of a book I once read in around nineteen seventy one which described images of planetary chaos that fired me up to try and understand about the universe and later … Continue reading →

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ALCOHOL and IRONY .. .

Posted on August 23, 2025 by edenbray

alcohol & irony .. . ode to a bum on the street .. . i resort to alcohol what do you do to cope with atrocity moribund, culture shame i resort to alcohol what is your poison that you would … Continue reading →

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WAKE UP SUSIE .. .

Posted on August 21, 2025 by edenbray

wake up Susie .. . The world was simpler thenwhen Phil and Don strummed guitarsand Mahalia Jackson sang of love and mercywe thought we saw Gagarin’s shadow on the moonbut it was really blue cheese spread on pizza breadwith anchovies, … Continue reading →

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mishmash exceptions

Posted on July 24, 2025 by edenbray

mishmash exceptions : .. I tumbled out of the controversy    and out of sleep where I had raised a perspiration   not brought about by heat but nagging concerns   I wrestle with each day McManus and Jackie Pallo … Continue reading →

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TESCO OFFERS .. .

Posted on May 10, 2025 by edenbray

tesco offers .. .. i Step down walkways   imaginations memoirs   clinging; still hung over   in your full bloodied mind   concerning latest cortex             of worries   dreams ill-defined I join this … Continue reading →

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TURNER PRIZE .. .

Posted on April 3, 2025 by edenbray

Turner Prize .. . by your leave I am not sullied by semantics my projects laid out like morning clothes Charles Wesley spoke with the chamber maid lay down your guns in charcoal the chamber maid spoke with the cook … Continue reading →

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