Category Archives: My Poetry

Poetry by Malcolm Farley

A Kitchen Accident In Prospect Heights

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

A Kitchen Accident in Prospect Heights M. bastes the roasting pheasant with a jigger of too-cold Pinot Grigio, and the glass baking dish shatters.  Pheasant fat spills into the oven, crackles angrily, then sublimes.  Smoke spews through the stove-top, chokes … Continue reading →

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Reading Aloud

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Just posted recordings of me reciting my 3 most recently blogged poems. Click on the links below to hear me reading each of these poems aloud.  (Audio link appears at the bottom of the posting, after the text). Aubade My … Continue reading →

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Aubade

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Aubade Winter’s last sortie, the weather gods predicting an inch or two of sturm und slush… Our skin, our lungs— and the body’s other sentries all too aware of a frost-bit crocus somewhere—groan. (It’s April 7th & the clock radio … Continue reading →

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Chance Operations

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Chance Operations Crusty saucepan soaking in the sink.  Un- stable pyramid of dinner plates, bowls, a vase, silverware, wine goblets and one strand of linguine festooning a roll. Cautiously, I attempt to pull a dish from the pile to rinse … Continue reading →

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Accidental Poetry on Purpose

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Found, in a “push page” email advertising performances at Joe’s Pub: “chilly Teutonic electronica.”   And, on a cast-iron, waffle-top water main cover just off Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks: “Catskill Water Gate.”

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