Articles by Rp Verlaine
Poem
A Present Tense
(2019-05-13) 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.
Another Soulless Dance
(2019-06-10) poem unrhymed
"...the music's dead pulse
mirrors our smiles..."
Getting to There
(2019-07-08) poem unrhymed
"...the choreographed
cornered escape..."
Exercise
(2019-08-05) poem unrhymed
"Every mistake
kissing her
meant..."
Betting Slips
(2019-09-02) poem unrhymed
"...To you I'm a gamble/gambler
who warms the dice..."
Recluse
(2019-12-09) poem unrhymed
"...all compliments are traps,
rot of the mind..."
Tublular
(2020-01-06) poem unrhymed
"...I can't leave you or stay here..."
Flux of cycles on hold
(2020-02-03) poem unrhymed
"...handcuffed to our sins..."
Insomnia
(2020-03-09) poem unrhymed
"...one eye on the clock
to watch numbers change..."
The Art Class
(2021-03-08) poem unrhymed
"...it's not just
her makeup that's flawless..."
Cruise Ship Entertainment
(2021-03-29) poem unrhymed
"...I dream of her spinning
while I throw kisses..."
Another Shooting in America
(2021-04-26) poem unrhymed
"...Second degree felony
instead of terminal stupidity..."
For Sharon
(2021-05-31) poem unrhymed
"She just is
all that magnificent..."
Wounds Will Be Left
(2021-06-28) poem unrhymed
"...trying to remember her..."
The Moving Target Stumbles
(2021-08-02) poem unrhymed
"...I've more questions, little evidence or clues..."
Last Train Out
(2021-08-30) poem unrhymed
"...is she whispering goodbye..."
All the World & Cassie
(2021-09-27) poem unrhymed
"...all I took for granted
and lost without honor..."
This Circus Act
(2021-10-25) poem unrhymed
"...Just another thing
to repair with whiskey..."
Vision
(2021-11-22) poem unrhymed
"...Her dialogues are
puzzles of ennui
and violation...
A Year on Hold (2020)
(2022-02-21) poem unrhymed
"...Irony of closed bars
and finding myself
drinking far more..."
Updates
(2022-03-28) poem unrhymed
"...In any obsession
tortured doubt
crawls past reason..."
Pain Reduction
(2022-04-25) poem unrhymed
"...It's a day already half over with..."
Footprints
(2022-05-23) poem unrhymed
"...while men whistle
their sad desperation
in wounded catcalls..."
At the Rock Club
(2022-06-20) poem unrhymed
"...it always hurts to see you leave..."
While We Drink
(2022-08-01) poem unrhymed
The Abyss Calls
(2022-08-29) poem unrhymed
"...miraculous sidesteps needing minute logic..."
Chaos Finds Me Even in Dreams
(2022-09-26) poem unrhymed
"...I was sleeping when her midnight call came..."
Cold
(2022-10-31) poem unrhymed
"...in New York a pretty face is a degenerate's menu..."
Citrus
(2022-11-28) poem unrhymed
"She is the fragrance of spring..."
Before the Bullets
(2023-06-19) poem unrhymed
"...refusing to talk second chances or a third time around..."
Drinking to Li Po
(2023-07-17) poem unrhymed
"...He wrote of jeweled staircases, flowers radiant in water..."
Alternatives
(2023-08-14) poem unrhymed
"...there are scant truths we own the script to..."
Bukowski's Last Poem
(2023-09-11) poem unrhymed
"No thoughts of racetracks or booze on your deathbed..."
A Dish Served Cold
(2024-01-15) poem unrhymed
"...a cat burglar with knives for claws..."
Donations to the Reservoir
(2024-02-19) poem unrhymed
"...dishes in the sink without her lipstick..."
Night Skies
(2024-03-18) poem unrhymed
"...death getting closer than it’s been without any invitation..."
Otherwise Engaged
(2024-04-15) poem unrhymed
"...we were in love, I thought or I presumed..."
Allure
(2024-05-13) poem unrhymed
"...when Broadway had undimmed bright lights..."
Brighton Beach Nights
(2024-10-21) poem unrhymed
...our sanctuary with high school barely behind us...
For Keith Reid
(2024-11-18) poem unrhymed
"...young dreamers who dared transcend time with art..."
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