Published in Heat the Grease, We’re Frying Up Some Poetry by Gnashing Teeth Publishing -Jack M. Freedman (Jacob Moses)
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Genesis of Jacob (poem)
Photo by Toa Heftiba u015einca on Pexels.com On the pink moon, I left behind a dozen years of instabilityA tribe was born for every year I tossed insanity into the forgeEach tribe presented a gift rising from these sacrificesMy darkness illuminated by the rising sun of ReubenMy walls excavated through subterfuge of SimeonMy heart protected … Continue reading Genesis of Jacob (poem)
Calculations (Winner of the 2004 NYC College of Technology Literary Arts Festival Prize in Poetry)
Photo by Deepak Gautam on Pexels.com Allow me to add my two cents to the situation.In return, I would like you to subtract the rhetoric that exits your lipsAnd assist me in keeping divisions from multiplying.Before I go off on a tangent,Let me tell you about the problem I have evaluated.You see, it seems as … Continue reading Calculations (Winner of the 2004 NYC College of Technology Literary Arts Festival Prize in Poetry)
Existential Nature (poem)
You existas the catfish withinthese growing ripples under the bridge You existas the cold, fertile groundwhere seeds germinate into laughter You existas tall poison ivyprotecting our treasures in the trees You existas bird calls in the windbillowing and echoing our hymns You existas deer eating clovernear baseball fields and forest clearings You existas summer dragonfliesseeking … Continue reading Existential Nature (poem)
Jacob R. Moses 