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Poetry by Malcolm Farley

The Scholar Fly

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

The Scholar Fly* At night, debating with his feet, he swears he wears six shoes. Behind his compound specs, his eyes are pink from booze, and unread footnotes tease him like a stoppered bottle. His face has yellowed from too … Continue reading →

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Druidical

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

DRUIDICAL I never cottoned to that blond Jesus in the lobby at the Y.  Worship God where he gnaws and roosts—out your window, in that acorn-pregnant oak.

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April Morning Ritual

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

April Morning Ritual Through his forty windowpanes, the apartment building opposite squints and twitches as the sunrise smears each eye with a slow, pink, sticky light.

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Equalities

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

Equalities On Passover, Elijah’s goblet glows red with wine.  Miriam’s holds just water.  No slight, however. A magic well shadowed her for forty wandering desert years.  Even prophecy must quench its thirst.

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Red Vogel Vanishes

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Malcolm Farley

Red Vogel Vanishes Last August—rumor was—he bummed a ride on Route 1 going south. Never phoned. No note. Just a torn and empty envelope, robin’s-egg blue.

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