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Hello FC readers! We’re coming back from the Thanksgiving holiday with three excellent poems from Roger Singer. Roger excels at writing immersive lines that really captivate the reader. Don’t just take my word for it, have a look below!
MIDNIGHT DINER
fogged windows
low lights
strangers in and out
wooden booths
aged vinyl
cigarette stains
on tables edge
unmatched silverware
yesterday’s coffee
paper towel napkins
ketchup fingerprints
on the menu
the waitress
torn hairnet
stained apron
name tag
upside down
it’s a harbor
for the lost
and alone
MOTEL ROOM #13
the key turned
to the right
the door knob
to the left
a strong aroma
walked slowly
out the door
of the unkept room
shattered sunlight
coursed through
a torn curtain
the only window
bandaged with
black duct tape
the bed unmade
a chair overturned
dots of squashed
flies on the wall
beside a bathroom
without a door
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I
under the wrinkled cellophane
half light from a corner pole
he argues with passion
answering his own questions
while specks of saliva
explode from his mouth
people avoid his
belligerent words
and expressive drama
of flailing arms
and winged hands
Dr. Singer is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut, and past president of the Connecticut Shoreline Poetry Chapter, in association with the Connecticut Poetry Society. He has had over 1,500 poems published on the internet, magazines and in books and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize Award Nominee.
