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wake, wake up Susie

Posted on October 11, 2026 by edenbray

wake, wake up Susie .. . .. . Oh the grey grey and the sea sea sky with its tangerines and sliver peach plums laid out on the kitchen table with smudged crayolas and spilt glass milk stubborn raucous standing … 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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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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STEINBECK LANE .. .

Posted on January 26, 2025 by edenbray

Steinbeck Lane .. . .. Where I grew up in gunner’s shale   shoes polished, faces paper pale the television flickered bread was stale   we put a brave face on and smiled green the carpet spread about us   … Continue reading →

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AT HOME WITH JOHN MARTIN .. .

Posted on December 18, 2024 by edenbray

at home with John Martin .. . . . We wrung the neck of life slashed the face off it i stumbled around in the dark reached out my hands found sheafs of crumpled paper by a match I read … Continue reading →

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beat poetry for the masses .. .

Posted on November 29, 2024 by edenbray

beat poetry for the masses .. . .. . .. . streams of thought running through   a mountain of kinetic energy I look for bravery in the writers I read   bravery that unties bonds of slavery slavery to … Continue reading →

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BEAT

Posted on September 19, 2023 by edenbray

beat .. . beat, plageurism while writing a sonnet Sometimes I think I came too late to writing I should have come first of all to listen is to spell to see to speak to tell all, a rat-fink when … Continue reading →

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da VINCI’S FINGER .. .

Posted on August 28, 2023 by edenbray

da Vinci’s finger .. . alcohol and the elite – a heady mix! I pick up another bottle summoned up the elitist the amateur has gone still hiding in her tree is this your chosen brand can I add mine … Continue reading →

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BEATNIK SALAD DRESSING .. .

Posted on June 11, 2023 by edenbray

beatnik salad dressing .. . .. upon the copulation this vast landscape of one generation with another an age of explosions around the world victims victims cold and fragile a violence bedraggled half-baked extravagance rise of the extremists curtailed death … Continue reading →

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NAKED AND UNASHAMED .. .

Posted on November 10, 2021 by edenbray

Naked and Unashamed .. . I run free my pieces jangling   run to the crashing sea I run shouting unashamed   my arms vainly embracing the moon   the wind grazing my flesh I run still wondering   in … Continue reading →

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