Original Poem
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“To Shaun, on Your 10th Birthday”
Let my fortune be rich in storiesshared on quiet nightsas we lay in beddrifting into sleep.Let the inheritance I leave to yoube the sounds of our laughteras the whispers of your childhood.Let both be comprised of our memoriesas we took walks through my childhoodneighborhood, as I navigated you throughplaces long since erased. The origin of Continue reading
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“How to Read a Poem” by Guillermo
I wrote and posted this poem some time ago. I wrote as a response to a comment made by a colleague on the subject of reading one’s works in public. It irked me that there are people who “teach” others how to perform their own poetry. How to read it in front of an audience. Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 