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Rp Verlaine
[Poem]
Poem
A Present Tense
Rp Verlaine has a MFA in creative writing from City College and taught in NY schools for many years. Although he no longer teaches, he continues to write and do photography in NYC. Rp's most recent poetry collection, Femme Fatales Movie Starlets & Rockers was released in 2018.
Another Soulless Dance
"...the music's dead pulse
mirrors our smiles..."
Getting to There
"...the choreographed
cornered escape..."
Exercise
"Every mistake
kissing her
meant..."
Betting Slips
"...To you I'm a gamble/gambler
who warms the dice..."
Recluse
"...all compliments are traps,
rot of the mind..."
Tublular
"...I can't leave you or stay here..."
Flux of cycles on hold
"...handcuffed to our sins..."
Insomnia
"...one eye on the clock
to watch numbers change..."
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Rp Verlaine
Rp Verlaine lives and writes in New York City.
He has an MFA in creative writing from City College.
He taught in New York Public schools for many years.
Retired from teaching, he continues to write and do photography
in New York. He had a volume of poetry - Damaged by Dames
& Drinking published in 2017 and another - Femme Fatales
Movie Starlets & Rockers in 2018. A set of three e books
began with the publication of Lies From The Autobiography
vol1 in November of 2018. Vol 2 was published
in 2019 and a third Volume in 2020.
His poetry has appeared in Atlas Poetica, The Linnet's Wings,
Chrysanthemum Literary Anthology,Last Stanza Poetry Journal,
The Local Train, Proletaria, Haikuniverse, Scry of Lust 2 anthology,
Rudderless Mariner, Humankind Journal, The Wild Word, Under The Basho,
Plum Tree Tavern, Fresh Out Magazine, Scissortail Quarterly, Prune Juice,
Incense Dreams, Best Poetry, Blazevox, Piker Press, Poems'
bout Love & Hate anthology. Stardust Haiku, Heart of Flesh.
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