Dankelty's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by dankelty  —  There are currently 4 poems total — keep up the great work!

Coma Patient

Coma Patient

The saucers are approaching now.

Yellow and red lights hover overhead
as they prepare their scanners
to gauge my responses, inserting
suggestions and scenarios
into my ears.

The mouthless terrestrials
measure my cortex,...

– by Daniel Kelty

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Dying Friend

A Dying Friend

Is like wheat ripening alone
near a stand of oaks,
with only the wind to stroke
its back on the quiet days.

Now in August even the raccoons
have turned their backs on the fields,
heading for water. A car

glides by...

– by Daniel Kelty

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Two Worlds

Two Worlds

And what would you be in the other one?
The same engine, that stick of grass, the
Same smoke rising over town? A shadow
In a window, composing its
Answers to July, and August,
And the entire beguiling season?

What would you...

– by Dan Kelty

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Viyaya

Vijaya

I remember the day the Americans arrived at our village,
Remaining camped outside for six months:
Tanks bivouacked in the shade,
The foreign laughter, music from the radios,
And, eventually, how one of them raped my neighbor’s...

– by Daniel Kelty

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added 1 year ago
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