Category Archives: Poetry

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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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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The Dog & The Perfume Bottle

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

VIII.  The Dog & The Perfume Bottle (a free translation) “My beautiful dog, my good little doggy, my pooch, come here and breath in the wonderful cologne I’ve just bought at the best perfume shop in town.” And the dog, … Continue reading →

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Two Thieves & A Yugo

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

XIII.— TWO THIEVES  &  A YUGO (a free translation) Two crooks were fighting over a stolen Yugo: one wanted to keep it, the other to sell it. While gun barrels itched in their holsters, while our heroes tried to psyche each … 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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