FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: REMEMBER WHEN Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words remember and/or when, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on April 19th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Remember When will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Jack G Bowman

People Missing in your Life


The Gm chord penetrated h from some 40 feet away

he held back the tears, easier with a dry eye condition

memories of what life has been,

replaying what has occurred,

what has been missed,

those sleepy people out on the edge

that drop from consciousness,

phone numbers that no longer work

disconnected in more than one way,

lines that presently travel through space

away from the streets lined with posts

into orbit, so many miles above the surface

yet penetrate deep below it

a sadness,

perhaps soon, disease of memory will take hold

and all will become moot

if not, there are always ways to search

if one can recall even a part of their name

and when, how, why and

where last

they were seen.


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