Never is Forever

 

Bart Solarczyk and Pal

—Poetry by Bart Solarczyk, Pittsburg, PA

—Candle Photos Courtesy of Public Domain 

 

CRAYON SKY

To make this
my own time & place
this August backyard
this gnawing loneliness

warm in the sun
cotton clouds
crayon sky
still lonely.  

 

 

 

 

 

BIG BLUE WORLD

Eight billion people
on the planet

how can anyone
be lonely

but it happens
it happens all the time. 


(prev. pub. in Jeannette Unvarnished)

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER MEN

I write these poems 
so dark & cold

even when I’m
sitting in the sun 

other men 
are doing things

I’m here
I’m not other men. 

__________________

IT HURTS MOST IN THE MORNING

No wife, no confidant 
no lover, no you

it hurts most
in the morning

then sticks around
& hurts all day.  

 

 

 

 

 

BIG

Here is the sky
it’s over there too

I wish I was big

big enough to see
where you’ve gone.  

 

 

 

 

 

MY SISTER CALLS

Uncle Conrad is dead
88 years old
my godfather
I hadn’t seen him in years

                      *

tied to my uncle 
with a clothesline 
riding his motor scooter  

 

 

 

 

 

I LIE

You ask me how
I’m holding up 

I lie

to make you 
feel better. 

_________________

THE DEAD STAY DEAD

Everything is sad again
everything is sad

I can only be happy 
in pieces

never is forever 
always down to this 

the dead stay dead
& everything is sad. 

 

 

 

 

 

UNWASHED & RAW

I greet 
the day 

I think I’ll 
stay this way. 

___________________

Today’s LittleNip:

days of dog shit
& wet gloom
I keep scooping 

—Bart Solarczyk 

____________________

Bart Solarczyk writes: “I’m a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, PA. Over the past forty years, my poems have been published in print & online in a variety of magazines, journals, anthologies, broadsides & chapbooks. I’m the author of three full-length collections of poetry. A lot of my recent work deals with issues of grief & loss due to the sudden death of my wife in April of 2020”. Welcome to the Kitchen, Bart, and don’t be a stranger!

Tonight, Poetry Unplugged at Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento presents Matriarchy Night with Kaydence Jae and Nicole C. Limón, plus open mic, 8pm. Or head up to Nevada City for Five Dudes Reading Poems of Love, 7pm. Click UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS at the top of this column for details about these and other future poetry events in the NorCal area—and keep an eye on this link and on the Kitchen for happenings that might pop up during the week.

___________________

—Medusa

 

 

 

Bart and Other Pal

 

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