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Deborah Sheppard

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Poems: Tourist

I started my writing life as a sociologist, which for me is akin to being a tourist in one’s own milieu: seeing the familiar and expected with new eyes.

Montmartre Cemetery

Dalida

flora-34        Personne ne me volera ma mort;

Continue reading “Montmartre Cemetery”

Lois Lane Tries to Get Some Sleep

Look, I really didn’t

need to be rescued.Continue reading “Lois Lane Tries to Get Some Sleep”

Undone

The night quiet does not calm me.Continue reading “Undone”

Last Train Home

(Listening to Pat Metheny’s Last Train Home)

 

You travel swift and

sure of your destinationContinue reading “Last Train Home”

Dark Brew

You stuff into your pelican pouchContinue reading “Dark Brew”

Ghazal

There is a silence beyond hearing,Continue reading “Ghazal”

Blue Horse Dream

(for Marie Wherli)

 

rust grooves into earthContinue reading “Blue Horse Dream”

After William Carlos Williams

I

 

When the gun

fired Continue reading “After William Carlos Williams”

Burial Ghazal

Oranges hang heavy, past the moment for picking.Continue reading “Burial Ghazal”

August

Far away train drones

curved and elastic,

Continue reading “August”

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