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[I'll make a paper airplane]

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

to my grandson

Depressing that poetry rarely appears...

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

Depressing that poetry rarely appearsOn pages that promise implicitly so --The words and the phrases are certainly there --But nothing like beauty is ..

Filled with ink my pen-tip describes lines...

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

Filled with ink my pen-tip describes lines...Filled with ink my pen-tip describes linesBlack on white paper. WatercolorPaper. One hundred percent cott..

Whoever discovered words was a giant...

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

Whoever discovered words was a giant...Whoever discovered words was a giant.Did he find them in a dark cave whereA fire glowed? Did he come upon themI..

Wears on the night and colds the mind...

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

b''h13 January 2014Wears on the night and colds the mind...As darkness spreads its wingsOver the city -- and none can findThe comfort that old thingsB..

As words fly round the room and you pretend...

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

As words fly round the room and you pretend...As words fly round the room and you pretendTo see them although you know you really don't --And dreams e..

[Return, return, my love, to me]

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

[Return, return, my love, to me]Return, return, my love, to meThat we might once again delightIn all the beauty of the nightAnd listen to the melodyOf..

[Loose the light upon the lawn and]

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

Loose the light upon the lawn andLet the tulips and asparagusThrive. Long ago when all was goneThere were lilacs up near Sponder's.I know because I pi..

[It's time to tend to business]

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

b''h25 November 2013It's time to tend to business --To start the mill to grind --And re-consider is-ness --Though be so dull to mind.Routine the exist..

[An '-ism' isn't a prism]

A Poem by Firestone Feinberg

b''h24 Nov 2013An '-ism' isn't a prism --But a kind of prison --It doesn't speak of spectrum --Rather -- restriction.Trust not in reigning fashionUnle..