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		<title>NO HOLDS BARD 2009 RESOLUTIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/26/no-holds-bard-2009-resolutions-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/26/no-holds-bard-2009-resolutions-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 
20/20 VISION
III.
 
I crave your perfumed essence
     Undiluted heartfelt lumpy pillow talk
          Seductive animal instinct musky lust
               Tantalizing nosegay satin ribbon clutch
 


                    Water bed sprang unpatchable leak
               Floodgates overflowing surfeit shag carpet
          Sopping dirty linen soaked through
     Stained luster sheets tucked in
 
Dr. Charles Frederickson (www.poeartry-combo.com)
&#38; Saknarin Chinayote (www.poeartrygallery.th.gs)
Co-editors of AvantGardeTimes.com
 
Adapted Thai poEtpourri structural scheme
4-line 20-word write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIVINING ROD</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/23/divining-rod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/23/divining-rod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
DIVINING ROD
 
Source diminished to mere trickle
Hushed up gurgles imitating laughter
Silent energy of nature stirring
Restive soul to inmost depths
 
Winding idly downstream from elsewhere
Meandering aimless flow off course
 Waylaid river of no return
Twisted fate around next bend
 


Soil that once absorbed rainfall
To replenish wasteland has been
Stripped away no taproots stemming
Against infinite powers of nature
 
Precipitation now gushes undeterred over
Barren earth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winds of Change</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/22/winds-of-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/22/winds-of-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha cinader mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to
arrive on
the wings of
a dove hear
the rustle
of my feath-
ers in the
winds of change.

When pain ar-
rives from an
unknown place
wearing a
new mask to
disguise his
familiar
face,
let your heart
soar with me.
I want to
open my
arms reach out
my hands feel
the strength glow
from an in-
ternal land
of glory.
When the way
is lost it
will be found
in the wis-
dom passed to
me by ev-
eryone I
touch.
let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO MORE LOVE POEM</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/21/no-more-love-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/21/no-more-love-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel de culla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Please Stop.
I don’t want falling in Love
&#38; being pretty smart
O mamma mia
When the Train is Gone
I throwed in motion:
I don’t hit the nail on the head¡
I’m going wild against the Wall
Slap-up meal.


My brain’s been fucked
When yr love is come
Toot toot
Damn bitch ate my dog.
Then haulin’s yr Ass:
Love is a silly thing
Fancying that
All over the place
And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO HOLDS BARD 2009 RESOLUTIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/21/no-holds-bard-2009-resolutions-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/21/no-holds-bard-2009-resolutions-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[20/20 VISION
II.
 
Marsh shedding velvety cattail fuzz
     Minute brown florets hipboot waders
          Pliant reeds bent on secreting
               ‘Til tomorrow brittle confidences snap
 


                    Fen mucky bog uprooted swampland
               Toothy leafs abscessed cavity refills
          Dense cluster gray pussy willows
     Droopy silk catkins close shave
 
Dr. Charles Frederickson (www.poeartry-combo.com)
&#38; Saknarin Chinayote (www.poeartrygallery.th.gs)
Co-editors of AvantGardeTimes.com
 
 
Adapted Thai poEtpourri structural scheme
4-line 20-word write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRANSFORMATION</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/20/transformation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/20/transformation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Same, the very same illusions
The very same apprehensions
Distract the ever budding visions
Dampening my future aspirations.
 
As a child, life seemed more secure
But vanished as illusory nightmares; 
The heart-tempting youthful glitters 
Captivated me with romantic gestures.

 
Fleeting time moved like a surging tide,
Eclipsed by years, age felt the fade;
So speedily if destined is life to ride
With what fickle-element is life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rod Stroked Survival with a Deadly Hammer</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/16/rod-stroked-survival-with-a-deadly-hammer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/16/rod-stroked-survival-with-a-deadly-hammer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael lee johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca fantasized that life was a lottery ticket or a pull of a lever,
that one of the bunch in her pocket was a winner or the slots were a redeemer;
but life itself was not real that was strictly for the mentally insane at the Elgin
Mental Institution.
She gambled her savings away on a riverboat
stuck in mud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R-E-S-P-E-C-T</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/16/r-e-s-p-e-c-t/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/16/r-e-s-p-e-c-t/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Abuse of power of abuse
     Tortured justice crying Uncle Sam
          Water-boarding sore loser surfers capsized
               Don’t Gitmo satisfaction Cubano misfires
 


                    In Gold Wet Rust agreedments
               Fatcats cheap-skating on thin avarice
          Redneck Whitewashed Bluenose Washington DCeption
     Uncommon cents dollar doldrums recession
 
Dr. Charles Frederickson www.poeartry-combo.com
&#38; Saknarin Chinayote www.poeartrygallery.th.gs
Co-editors of AvantGardeTimes.com

]]></description>
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		<title>HOW FAR IS IT ….</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/15/how-far-is-it-%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/15/how-far-is-it-%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The menacing clouds of war
Often pounce to create havoc,
The pigeons of peace
Scared and scattered, fly away.
 
The storm of hatred
The storm of enmity
The storm of death
The storm of destruction,
These devastating forces
Design the ugly face of war.

Men or women
Children or youth
Aged or the sick
Rich or the poor;
The ferocious WAR
Without care and concern 
Without pity or parity
Extends its biased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRIO TRIO</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/14/brio-trio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/14/brio-trio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Obamagic wand conjuring presto chango
Renewal of liberty fair-minded justice
Universal What the Health insurance
A-OK – serving All Our Kids
 


   Politricks of betrayed starry-eyed stripes
   Abracadaver anti-war protests burying hatchet
   Axes of we-evil yielding to
   Negotiated search for peaceful harmony
 
      Legerdemain sleight of underhanded manipulation
      Bottom of stacked deck wheeler-dealers                                             
      Gee-wizardry eco-greenback sawbucks in recession
      Burning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>that&#8217;s the way life be</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/14/thats-the-way-life-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/14/thats-the-way-life-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
everybody answers to somebody
i answer to me
i&#8217;m harder on myself
than anybody else could be
been in love ?
yea, a time or two
every felt heart break ?
yep, how bout you
 
everyone stands alone
in life&#8217;s pourin rain
everyone&#8217;s got their own umbrella
their own way to hide from pain
i&#8217;ve been on that shadowy highway
lookin for someplace to rest
i&#8217;ve laughed when i felt like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland, CA &#8211; 02/27 &#8211; HUMANIST HALL &#8211; USA &#8211; REGINALD J. LOCKETT’S BACKYARD BOOGIE OF THE SPIRITS</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/13/oakland-ca-0227-humanist-hall-usa-reginald-j-lockett%e2%80%99s-backyard-boogie-of-the-spirits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha cinader mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry Cafe Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reginald lockett memorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
	
		
							
					
					REGINALD J. LOCKETT’S BACKYARD BOOGIE OF THE SPIRITS
				
						
				When
				
					02/27
											
							7:00pm
														-
							All Ages
													
									
			
			
				Where
				
											
															HUMANIST HALL
														(map)
						
						390 27th Street
Oakland, CA, USA 94612
															
			
							Other InfoREGINALD J. LOCKETT’S
BACKYARD BOOGIE OF THE SPIRITS
A
POETIC MUSICAL TRIBUTE
FOR AN OAKTOWN TREASURE
featuring
THE WORDWIND CHORUS
(Q.R. Hand Jr, Brian Auerbach &#038; Lewis Jordan)
AL YOUNG (former CA State Poet Laureate)
ANTHONY J. SMITH &#038; ELIZA SHEFLER
MARTHA CINADER &#038; TONY MIMS
AVOTCJA (Poet) &#038; VAL SERRANT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petaluma, CA &#8211; 01/29 &#8211; Petaluma Arts Center &#8211; USA &#8211; Poetic Symmetry</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/13/petaluma-ca-0129-petaluma-arts-center-usa-poetic-symmetry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/13/petaluma-ca-0129-petaluma-arts-center-usa-poetic-symmetry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha cinader mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry Cafe Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martha cinader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony mims]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
	
		
							
					
					Poetic Symmetry
				
						
				When
				
					01/29
											
							8:00pm
														-
							All Ages
													
									
			
			
				Where
				
											
															Petaluma Arts Center
														(map)
						
						230 Lakeville Street 
Petaluma, CA, USA 94952
													At the corner of Lakeville and East D Streets.
															
			
							Other InfoCANCELLED!!!

Martha and Tony Mims will be joined by Carltrent on percussion and Paul Neal on upright bass, for two sets from 8-10 pm, at this new venue in Petaluma. There is a $5 admission charge.
					
	
			&#171; Back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A POSITIVE SPIRIT</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/13/a-positive-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. T. Ashok Chakravarthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, day by day, year after year
While age peels layer after layer,
The seasons of life lose their glitter
Fearful, the spirit of life withers.
 
The most treasured life’s seasons
Slowly sail into the memories ocean, 
Childhood and youth remain a passion
Enticing with ever-new hopes, often.

Frequent storms of pains and emotions
Almost ravage to the brink of extinction,
Somehow we crawl out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikki Purrs</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/12/nikki-purrs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael lee johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Soft nursing
5 solid minutes
of purr
paw peddling
like a kayak competitor
against ripples of my
60 year old river rib cage−


I feel like a nursing mother
but I&#8217;m male and I have no nipples.
Sometimes I feel afloat.
Nikki is a little black skunk,
kitten, suckles me for milk,
or affection?
But she is 8 years old a cat.
I&#8217;m her substitute mother,
afloat in a flower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO HOLDS BARD 2009 RESOLUTIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/12/no-holds-bard-2009-resolutions-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 20/20 VISION
XVI.
Phoenix ashes annulled in flames
     Firebirds rekindling myths stoking embers
          Scarlet plumage tickling storybook fancy
               Stragglers playing catch-up left behind
 


                    Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite fantasia
               Magical glow twofold blessings curse
          Infernal dance bewitching princely captor
     Spell broken immortality beyond reach
 
Dr. Charles Frederickson (www.poeartry-combo.com)
&#38; Saknarin Chinayote (www.poeartrygallery.th.gs)
Co-editors of AvantGardeTimes.com
 
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		<title>Charley Plays a Tune</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/09/charley-plays-a-tune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael lee johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Crippled with arthritis
and Alzheimer&#8217;s,
in a dark rented room,
Charley plays
melancholic melodies
on a dust filled
harmonica he
found  abandoned
on a playground of sand
years ago by a handful of children


playing on monkey bars.
He now goes to the bathroom on occasion,
relieving himself takes forever; he feeds the cat when
he doesn&#8217;t forget where the food is stashed at.
He hears bedlam when he buys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20/20 Vision XVII</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/09/2020-vision-xvii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dr. charles frederickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PoeArtry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[



 
Who invented Euclidean geometry anyway
     Pretzel logic twisted into shape
          RR-Xing diminishing perspective tunnel vision
               Parallel line horizons eventually merge
 


                    Ingenious designs persuading bent curves
               To straighten into linear planes
          Triangle mounts reconfigured upscale pyramids
     Squishy spheres deflated helium balloons 
 
Dr. Charles Frederickson (www.poeartry-combo.com)
&#38; Saknarin Chinayote (www.poeartrygallery.th.gs)
Co-editors of AvantGardeTimes.com
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		<title>Mother, Edith, at 98</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/08/mother-edith-at-98/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael lee johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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Edith, in this nursing home
blinded with macular degeneration,
I come to you with your blurry
eyes, crystal sharp mind,
your countenance of grace−
as yesterday&#8217;s winds
I have chosen to consume you
and take you away.



&#8220;Oh, where did Jesus disappear
to&#8221;, she murmured,
over and over again,
in a low voice
dripping words
like a leaking faucet:
&#8220;Oh, there He is my
Angel of the coming.&#8221;
 


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		<title>Harvest Time</title>
		<link>http://www.listenandbeheard.net/home/2009/01/07/harvest-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael lee johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
A Métis Indian lady, drunk,
hands blanketed over as in prayer,
over a large brown fruit basket
naked of fruit, no vine, no vineyard
inside−approaches the Edmonton,
Alberta adoption agency.
There are only spirit gods
inside her empty purse.
Inside, an infant,
refrained from life,
with a fruity wine sap apple
wedged like a teaspoon
of autumn sun
inside its mouth.
A shallow pool of tears starts
to mount in [...]]]></description>
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