an old writer and his words

  • Not a Poem, Just the Backyard Last Evening

    Alfred Hitchcock would be jealous White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Boattail Grackles

    Lou Faber

  • SEEING DOUBLE

    O.D. No one ever really thinks about vision, hellif you can see there is no reason to do so.Even the word, ocular is one we only hearin connection to devices, think binoculars.And yet we live in an ocular world, even linguistsrecognized this and created semiotics.People like me think of vision all of the time.You do…

    Lou Faber

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    Lou Faber

  • IN A PERFECT WORLD

    In a perfect worldAmichai and Darwishhave become good friends.Each Thursday in the late morningthey would meet at the Basem’s Gallery and Cafè,Mahmoud would always have Turkish coffee,Yehuda would order an espresso ora dry cappuccino depending on his mood.In a perfect worldYehuda and Mahmoudsip their drinks and share ideas,share words,share lines,share poems,share the Holy City.In a…

    Lou Faber

  • CONDUIT

    Trigger Warning: An All Too Familiar Story Simon’s Rock College of Bard, December 12, 1992 The blood of childbirthis clotted, collectedin large plastic bagslabeled biohazard.They are gatheredeach evening, takento the incineratorand burned.The blood of childbirthis never morethan a day old;it has its owncrematorium. The earth receivesthe blood of Gaza willingly,watering the sliding sands,the hard pack…

    Lou Faber

  • THE BARBARIAN HAS NO BEARD 胡子無髭

    NOTE: TODAY’S POST FOLLOWS BELOW: Dear poetry-lovers,           Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following my blog. Some of you have been daily readers since it began 9 years ago, some are more sporadic or more recent followers.  Thank you one and all. As you can imagine, it takes a fair amount…

    Lou Faber

  • A WEIGHTY QUESTION

    NOTE: TODAY’S POST FOLLOWS BELOW: Dear poetry-lovers,           Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following my blog. Some of you have been daily readers since it began 9 years ago, some are more sporadic or more recent followers.  Thank you one and all. As you can imagine, it takes a fair amount…

    Lou Faber

  • MOVING ON

    NOTE: TODAY’S POST FOLLOWS BELOW: Dear poetry-lovers,           Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following my blog. Some of you have been daily readers since it began 9 years ago, some are more sporadic or more recent followers.  Thank you one and all. As you can imagine, it takes a fair amount…

    Lou Faber

  • GUTEI’S ONE FINGER 倶胝堅指

    NOTE: TODAY’S POST FOLLOWS BELOW: Dear poetry-lovers,           Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following my blog. Some of you have been daily readers since it began 9 years ago, some are more sporadic or more recent followers.  Thank you one and all. As you can imagine, it takes a fair amount…

    Lou Faber

  • NO I WILL NOT

    NOTE: TODAY’S POST FOLLOWS BELOW: Dear poetry-lovers,           Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following my blog. Some of you have been daily readers since it began 9 years ago, some are more sporadic or more recent followers.  Thank you one and all. As you can imagine, it takes a fair amount…

    Lou Faber