Poems by L.A. Steel
Mar 14 2012
THE INLAND HURRICANE by L.A. Steel Hurricane winds slash the coastline, while inland trees bend and break upon houses and power lines, Blowing off roofs and doors, breaking windows and flooding floors. We watch the trees that surround the house sway, threatening with each blown branch to shatter a window. Slashing rain feels like …
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Feb 29 2012
THE POET We met at a time when vice was the only virtue I knew. One dark, cold, night a poet knocked at my door. He was beaten down,homeless,drunk and cold, and continued to knock until I answered. L.A. Steel Share
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Apr 04 2010
EASTER SUNDAY 4/04/10 I remember the white dresses, pink, white and blue corsages, white and black shoes, girls’ white, short and knee length stockings. I remember kneeling at a rail in innocence as I ate the body of a savior. I remember an old man handing me a round dry and tasteless wafer that …
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Feb 04 2010
MUTANA O TEBOWNAN The mountain now reaches the water, throws sand to build a shore. It is time my people to understand the water’s depth. See it rising , before you drown. The dream of eternity is with us now. Can we not see it? Can we not believe it? Does God exist? We are …
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Jan 06 2010
A FEW MORE WORDS 1/06/10 I remember when Autumn cried and the wind blew her tears and leaves away. I remember her leaves on the now barren trees. They were beautiful in flaming red and gold glowing in sunlight before they died. L.A. STEEL Share
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Jan 03 2010
A COLD JANUARY DAY 1/03/10 Today is the coldest day so far this year. Though it is only January 3rd. North West Connecticut got over four inches of snow today and the temperature never got over 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The wind is blowing at a reported 40 -50 miles per hour. I believe it …
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Mar 26 2009
Lost World 3/26/09 Lost world of hearts and diamonds, clubs and spades.. Strange world we live in. Wonderful guides , I have seen the height you have brought me to. Stay with me until I rise further , unless you can rise with me. Ancient , Ancient, , she cried.. I see the emptiness in …
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Jul 31 2008
TEQUILA AND THE TOAD Once upon a time there lived an old toad in a weed filled garden. He was content with his life as a toad. He spawned several ponds full of tadpoles and had his share of lady toads. One day as the old toad went for a stroll through a garden , …
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Jun 09 2008
HEAT WAVE 6/9/08 In the brain sweating heat of a June afternoon the illegal breeze blows into the room. The air conditioned hum makes the cat scratch at the screen door to come in. The sweat on my face is preferable to a clorine and urine bubble bath at a public pool. The dog pants …
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Dec 11 2007
UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE 12/11/07 If the stars fell from the sky and the moon and sun stopped shining, the universe would still remain . It is unimaginable, multidementional, and cosmically volitile. It is as we are as a species, volitile,unpredictable, predictable, multidementional, unilateral and multilateral, syncopated and unsyncronized, compassionate, uncaring, harsh , loud, brash, bold, …
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Nov 06 2007
A NOVEMBER MORNING 11/06/07 This morning dark rain is tapping against the pane of my study window. I am curious of it’s persistent attention, and wonder of the depth of my understanding and appreciation. November rain dampens dead leaves, as leaves of autumn grass gasp, beneath the weight of fallen colors. Seldom in Autumn’s emptiness …
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Sep 28 2007
TAPPING INTO UNIVERSIAL CONSIOUSNESS 9/28/07 There are moments in our lives when we tune into the universal mind. Those moments may be very brief or in some instances much longer and more sustained. I am reminded of one of the world’s poetic masterpieces, S.T. Coleridge’s ” Kubla Khan”, and the poet’s vision of the Pleasure …
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Jun 17 2007
BRITTANY’S DREAM 7/17/07 At the end of a dream all life suspends from earth and falls gently into another and there you are. There is the source of the endless fountain of wishes,where heaven creates the gift of children. I was listening to the ending of a dream for the soft , sweet, music of …
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Apr 18 2007
THE DEATH OF A LONE GUNMAN The gunman feels his weapon. He feels the death of his victims. He feels their blood. He feels their screams. He feels their pain. He stands amidst the carnage and crying wounded. He is horrified at his hatred. He cries out; “I am Death! Satan is my father!” Then …
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Apr 02 2007
REMEMBERING THE MOON I often look at the night sky to see unfamiliar changes. Some nights the moon is full and bright and other nights it does not appear at all . I have often wondered on those particular nights, when the moon is lost how I would feel if I never saw it again. …
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Mar 29 2007
THE ESSENCE OF INSPIRATION 3/29/07 Inspiration is illusive and invisible, yet all embracing. It is alien and foreign and different from anything I understand. It creates and destroys,speaks riddles and clear statements. It instructs and confuses. It kisses with tenderness, and punishes with torments. It confounds the senses and brings death and misery to whoever …
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Nov 12 2006
DEEP, BLUE, PURPLE, PANSY 11/12/06 Outside on my front door step sit several red clay pots with various annuals carefully arranged in them. I have forgotten the names of the many flowers that have wilted since Fall began; except in one of the larger pots lives a deep, blue, purple, pansy, unique in its desire …
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May 07 2006
BRIGHT YELLOW TULIPS BENEATH A DEEP PINK CRAB APPLE TREE 5/7/06 I’ve become very world weary lately. All news seems to be bad news, from every corner of the world. I have been looking forward to Spring this year, as I do every year. I like the weather change from cold to warm as old …
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Nov 16 2005
LISTENING TO THE DEAD 11/16/05 Recently I was listening to the best of the Grateful Dead (Skeletons in the Closet” 1974 reissued cd.) I was thinking about things in general, when it occurred to me that “St. Stephen” wasn’t such a great song and “Golden Road” wasn’t so golden. “Truckin” and “Uncle John’s Band”, …
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Oct 27 2005
LIQUID THOUGHT 10/27/05 In the sequenced hours of liquid thought all rise against the powers of political intent. All rise to peer through the lattice work of lies, in the sunlight and darkness of mixed dreams. In the dens of delusion the gilded garter adorns the supple thigh, as a drunken kiss from lipsticked …
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Jun 14 2005
6/14/05 A friend once said to me “there are two kinds of friends, those who are like trees in your front yard and those who are like flowers that bring you pleasure while they last.” I don’t know if he got it from someone else or just made it up, but I’ve always credited him …
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Nov 18 2004
NEW ANTHEM FOR GEORGELAND 11/18/04 SUNG TO THE MELODY OF AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL Amerika,Amerika,god shed his grace on me and crown my good for the brotherhood from sea to blood filled sea. Oh,beautiful for chemtrail skies for every poluting industry’s gain. For corporate criminal amnesty above all legal blame. Amerika,Amerika, God speaks direct …
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