Articles by Richard LeDue
Poem
Fred's Creamery on Charlotte Street
(2021-04-19) poem unrhymed
Richard LeDue currently lives and teaches in Norway House, Manitoba. His poems have appeared in various publications throughout 2020 and 2021, including a chapbook, "The Loneliest Age," released from Kelsay Books.
The Kind of Silence We Try Not To Think About
(2021-05-17) poem unrhymed
"...a corpse can't recite a poem..."
Winter Sports and Mass Graves at Buchenwald
(2021-06-14) poem unrhymed
"...black and white photos
of the dead..."
Waking Up
(2021-07-12) poem unrhymed
"...morning frost shining like angel spit..."
An Unwanted Sequel
(2021-09-27) poem unrhymed
"...naked branches
remind me of tentacles...
Artistic Aspirations
(2021-10-25) poem unrhymed
"Pogo the clown took to painting
on death row..."
Apparently,
(2021-12-06) poem unrhymed
"...a collection of dusty soldiers,
missing their tiny guns..."
The Same Music Everyday
(2022-01-03) poem unrhymed
"...loneliness whispering
in your ear on a Tuesday afternoon..."
How Dinosaurs Flew Away
(2022-02-28) poem unrhymed
"...I started reading about dinosaurs
becoming birds..."
A Sore Back Morning When No One Is Listening
(2022-04-04) poem unrhymed
"...the world seems to be giving me the silent treatment..."
Charles Bukowski's Ghost Will Never Haunt Me
(2022-05-09) poem unrhymed
"We have the kinship of famous and ordinary..."
Allow Me My Darkness
(2022-06-06) poem unrhymed
"...working all afternoon
on their day off..."
Two Tiny, Forgettable Poems
(2022-07-11) poem unrhymed
"...only if we want to know..."
A Defeat Worthy of Writers' Block
(2022-08-29) poem unrhymed
"When the blank screen wins..."
Tea with Honey
(2022-09-26) poem unrhymed
"...help us forget we ever had hangovers..."
Haunting Is Harder Than You Think
(2022-10-24) poem unrhymed
"...some poems are children playing on Halloween..."
The Kind of View Most Don't Want To Notice
(2022-11-14) poem unrhymed
"...like someone who left without ever saying goodbye..."
A Universal Second Language
(2022-11-21) poem unrhymed
"...thunder actually says nothing..."
As Crows Circle
(2023-01-23) poem unrhymed
"...hide behind a scarecrow grin among a cornfield of smiles..."
A Dollar More Than Minimum Wage
(2023-02-20) poem unrhymed
"...the assistant night manager lent me his gloves..."
Sleep,
(2023-03-20) poem unrhymed
"...you told your neighbour..."
A Tomorrow Poem Today
(2023-04-17) poem unrhymed
Richard LeDue currently lives and teaches in Norway House, Manitoba. His poems have appeared in various publications throughout 2020 and 2021.
This Is My Ballot
(2023-05-15) poem unrhymed
"...you did something, and think yourself so important..."
The Relativeness of Sharpness
(2023-07-31) poem unrhymed
"The guillotine is a poor teacher..."
Another Poem About Writer's Block
(2023-08-28) poem unrhymed
"...a blank page dirty with eraser marks and tiny shavings of rubber..."
Another Name Covered in Moss
(2023-09-25) poem unrhymed
"It's easier to believe in god than to eat a healthy diet..."
Another Bad Bet
(2023-10-23) poem unrhymed
"...empty pockets filled with knowledge would weigh me down..."
Finding out someone you used to know has died
(2023-11-20) poem unrhymed
"...an apple believing it has wings..."
The Futility of Last Words
(2024-01-01) poem unrhymed
"...listless as a one-sided armistice..."
Crash Landing Snowflakes
(2024-02-05) poem unrhymed
"...especially when it's minus fifteen..."
Another Another
(2024-03-11) poem unrhymed
"...at least there's still long walks at night..."
Bad Instinct
(2024-04-01) poem unrhymed
"Fruit flies atop of beer..."
Cheap Ways to Feel Young Again
(2024-04-22) poem unrhymed
"...death for me is a cartoon mouse hole in the wall..."
Each Day
(2024-07-01) poem unrhymed
"...It really depends on how many directions you believe in..."
Death at 50 km/h
(2024-07-29) poem unrhymed
"...obeying the speed limit like it's scripture..."
The Quietest Execution
(2024-08-26) poem unrhymed
"...light from our phones does a poor impression of the sun..."
No Afterlife for Being Young and Fearless
(2024-09-23) poem unrhymed
"...records spinning on deceased Saturday nights..."
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