rhode island

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ninety five exit
pebbles kicked into high weeds -
signs for providence
(1-12)






narrow, twisted streets,
firecracker smell - he loses
naragansett breeze
(1-13)







big house, wife and kids,
riding mower, restless heart
outside providence
(9-05)

moonstone beach lass’ tale –

hot sand, clear water, granite

th’opposite ‘f brown law school

(5-15) 



th’frantic pace, stressful

new classes, she escapes, for

th’gentle fog on one

(5-15)

 

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limits ‘f reason ‘n’ law,

boundlessness ‘f love ‘n’ choice – first leaves

‘f th’trains ‘n providence yards

(5-15)

 




from riverbank, leaf
goes to town with no regard -
woonasquatucket
(1-13)





naragansett bar
patrons want sox game, in spite
of irrelevance
(10-08)






these harvests of corn
fed villages like this one
called quonochontaug
(10-08)

ocean breeze, hist’ry,

politics – at touro street,

they hear the shofar
(6-15)

crossing the seekonk -

souls' day blizzard's slowed southbound

traffic to a crawl

(11-14)

head'n for miami,
christmas in bahamas, but
stuck in pawtucket
(1-12)





a glass of champagne
to future in providence -
mistletoe's fragrance
(1-12)






rizdee (r.i.s.d.) coffee cures
frostbite - artistic flourish
graces tart's icing
(1-07)





prudence and patience -
islands guarding harbor floes,
old fashioned sisters
(10-05)






bowl of 'be mine' hearts -
trapped at desk, longs for escape
naragansett view
(1-13)





mount hope, providence
valentine wish - clear blue sky -
instead, cold hard rain
(1-13)






woonsocket waitress
with no love of dandelions
in wreath or as tip
(10-08)




spring on empire street –

urban planner expounds on

th’boswash corridor
(5-15)





newport sailor's tale -
thrill, danger, wind, then the cup -
he pays for th' guinness
(1-14)


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