TRANSPLANTED BEATNIK

 

 

Pounding the pavement in the East Village feeling like a transplanted beatnik.  I enjoy Indian cuisine and hit the St. Mark’s Bookstore.  No need to hurry as all things are considered and I fail again.  I head into a deli to buy a can of beer hidden in a brown paper bag.  That bottle of rush behind the counter also winds up in my custody.  No words are spoken as I observe people on their ways.  No hurry—just passing thru the streets with no aim, no goal. . .

 

Processing the scene

cautiously seeking poem

waiting to strike gold

 

 

 

 

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J4NU4R14N's picture

That Senryu works so well on

That Senryu works so well on several different levels---form, content, the sense of the given moment and yet the anticipation of a future moment.  You have compressed so much resonance into that small space, and I applaud your verbal artistry.


Januarian

georgeschaefer's picture

thank you for the kind words

thank you for the kind words