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Retired educator born in Shanghai, China to Russian parents. Lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the '50s. Moved to the States in the early '60s.

  June 2021     1 day ago

Submitted Poems 31 total

Train 11 Leaving Portland

Train 11 Leaving Portland

Southbound
To LA
Passing rows of tents, graffiti,
Trash and litter where flowers and grass once lined the way
Broken glass, crushed cans and throwaway furniture that once improved a life
Personal belongings, bikes...

by Gregory Baranoff

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Take Me Back, Scatter Me, Scatter Me

Don’t box me shut or enclose me in an urn to display me on the mantel,
Or drown me in the ocean or the sea, but scatter me, scatter me, take me back,

Scatter me under the bough of the towering oak tree near the cast iron bell, ...

by Gregory Baranoff

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Solitaire

Solitaire

She cuts a lonely figure on the couch
Playing solitaire
With a dirty worn-out deck of cards
Night after night after night
Since her husband died

They wanted children but it was not meant to be
Her body and fragile psyche had...

by Gregory Baranoff

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added 26 days ago
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Whirlwind

Whirlwind

There’s a commotion in the staff room.
“Hey what’s up? What’s happening?”
“An influencer is coming,” someone said
Suddenly all my clothes get thrown out
My walk-in closet emptied for her
For her clothes and entourage
“What about...

by Gregory Baranoff

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My Stanyan Street

For B. and J.
J. T. and J. S.
and…

1.
Alamar Avenue became my Stanyan Street
After moving from rented spaces and other people’s lives,
After their living rooms, kitchens, and odors,
After the divorce.

Across the street, the park felt...

by Gregory Baranoff

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added 1 month ago
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Thank you for taking time to read and then analyze "Wife." Your thoughtful gesture validates my efforts and attempts to succeed in this genre.

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This is my daughter's relationship with my ex and both are hurt, extreemely hurt by it, yet refuse to back down and give in for the sake of re-starting their broken relationship.

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There are times when you don't want to giveaway too much.

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It comes full circle when it's time for a loved one, a friend or oneself.

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One of my favorites about my granddaughter.

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This poem me habla of my younger days though I would have chosen Michelangelo and Picasso and think of ma vie en noir as a pas de deux entre amantes and would choose juicy grapes to share entre nuestros labios. Fantastic poem! 

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It was meant to be....

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