Rp Verlaine
Rp Verlaine lives in New York City. and has an MFA in creative writing from City College.
About Rp Verlaine
Rp Verlaine lives in New York City. and has an MFA in creative writing from City College. He taught in New York Public schools for many years. His first volume of poetry -- Damaged by Dames & Drinking was published in 2017 and another -- Femme Fatales Movie Starlets & Rockers in 2018. A set of three e-books titled Lies From The Autobiography vol 1-3 were published from 2018 to 2020. His newest book, Imagined Indecencies, was published in February of 2022.
Books by Rp Verlaine
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A Present Tense — poem unrhymed
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.
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Another Soulless Dance — poem unrhymed
"...the music's dead pulse mirrors our smiles..."
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Getting to There — poem unrhymed
"...the choreographed cornered escape..."
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Exercise — poem unrhymed
"Every mistake kissing her meant..."
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Betting Slips — poem unrhymed
"...To you I'm a gamble/gambler who warms the dice..."
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Recluse — poem unrhymed
"...all compliments are traps, rot of the mind..."
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Tublular — poem unrhymed
"...I can't leave you or stay here..."
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Flux of cycles on hold — poem unrhymed
"...handcuffed to our sins..."
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Insomnia — poem unrhymed
"...one eye on the clock to watch numbers change..."
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The Art Class — poem unrhymed
"...it's not just her makeup that's flawless..."
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Cruise Ship Entertainment — poem unrhymed
"...I dream of her spinning while I throw kisses..."
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Another Shooting in America — poem unrhymed
"...Second degree felony instead of terminal stupidity..."
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For Sharon — poem unrhymed
"She just is all that magnificent..."
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Wounds Will Be Left — poem unrhymed
"...trying to remember her..."
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The Moving Target Stumbles — poem unrhymed
"...I've more questions, little evidence or clues..."
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Last Train Out — poem unrhymed
"...is she whispering goodbye..."
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All the World & Cassie — poem unrhymed
"...all I took for granted and lost without honor..."
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This Circus Act — poem unrhymed
"...Just another thing to repair with whiskey..."
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Vision — poem unrhymed
"...Her dialogues are puzzles of ennui and violation...
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A Year on Hold (2020) — poem unrhymed
"...Irony of closed bars and finding myself drinking far more..."
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Updates — poem unrhymed
"...In any obsession tortured doubt crawls past reason..."
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Pain Reduction — poem unrhymed
"...It's a day already half over with..."
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Footprints — poem unrhymed
"...while men whistle their sad desperation in wounded catcalls..."
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At the Rock Club — poem unrhymed
"...it always hurts to see you leave..."
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While We Drink — poem unrhymed
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The Abyss Calls — poem unrhymed
"...miraculous sidesteps needing minute logic..."
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Chaos Finds Me Even in Dreams — poem unrhymed
"...I was sleeping when her midnight call came..."
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Cold — poem unrhymed
"...in New York a pretty face is a degenerate's menu..."
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Citrus — poem unrhymed
"She is the fragrance of spring..."
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Before the Bullets — poem unrhymed
"...refusing to talk second chances or a third time around..."
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Drinking to Li Po — poem unrhymed
"...He wrote of jeweled staircases, flowers radiant in water..."
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Alternatives — poem unrhymed
"...there are scant truths we own the script to..."
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Bukowski's Last Poem — poem unrhymed
"No thoughts of racetracks or booze on your deathbed..."
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A Dish Served Cold — poem unrhymed
"...a cat burglar with knives for claws..."
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Donations to the Reservoir — poem unrhymed
"...dishes in the sink without her lipstick..."
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Night Skies — poem unrhymed
"...death getting closer than it’s been without any invitation..."
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Otherwise Engaged — poem unrhymed
"...we were in love, I thought or I presumed..."
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Allure — poem unrhymed
"...when Broadway had undimmed bright lights..."
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Brighton Beach Nights — poem unrhymed
...our sanctuary with high school barely behind us...
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For Keith Reid — poem unrhymed
"...young dreamers who dared transcend time with art..."
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Answered By Silence — poem unrhymed
"...leaving me a little room for doubt..."
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The Paper Dolls — poem unrhymed
"...when each moment weighs the next ..."
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Alcoholic Traipse — poem unrhymed
"...adroitly pretending I know where I'm going..."
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Free Ride — poem unrhymed
"...falling through trap doors of chance..."
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For Beauty Again — poem unrhymed
"...I'm left a dancer who can't hear the music..."
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A 1978 punk concert in Seattle — poem unrhymed
"...made my way to a theater sized hall..."
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After Intoxication — poem unrhymed
"...Holding me as if she was meant to..."