NOTHING INTO NOTHING EQUALS NOTHING I had three poems rejected today, drove four hours after sleeping only five, received two friend requests on Facebook from total strangers, and drank one beer because I was thirsty and the rest just because. I am fifty-eight, soon to be fifty-nine. God, I hate math. __________________________ GARRISON KEILLOR WON’T [...]
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Two Poems by Howie Good
Posted in Howie Good, tagged poetry on January 19, 2010 | 6 Comments »
HISTORY TEACHES by Howie Good
Posted in Howie Good, tagged poetry on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shades half-drawn against the sun. Rows of empty desks. Faint shrieks floating in from the playground. Streaks on the blackboard of what may be grease or may be blood. The classroom globe turning in the corner.
LOVE FINDS YOU LIKE A POSSE IN BULLETPROOF VESTS by Howie Good
Posted in Howie Good on August 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A new teller at the drive- through window, she wants proof you’re who you are, a stream of despondent electrons, light of the same crumbly consistency as the snowflakes melting in the lonely blackness of a Goth girl’s hair.
