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Two Poems, by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino.

Jubilee.
for Dr. Craig A. Martin

circle, from a tree
a palm, a chin, a knee, a trousers

rolled at the ankle, is stepping
a long remain, or welcome

Another boy
feelings of greeting, and fear

in alarm, or leap or certificate
trying and unable

or,
a lilt in theme, the addition of a scarf

out of August, roughly
in aptitude, in hand, taken, in hand

to table.
A gesture, or song, dividing oranges

and morning.
An open shirt.  An open pocket.

Mercury

 

passing
and that it may, falls, go on

the one to revolve upon the other.
Passing, go on

falls
and here reverses.

Are so to pass or call or day, are lines
no longer to be called

are so to speak, and write
or so to draw a woman

a voice, a personality, a style of dresses
of new acquaintances and of places.

Passing
falls outside, are difficult to call

to land the one upon the other
passing, go on

falls
and that it may, in all reverses

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino was born in Greenwich Village, New York, and was raised in both the city and in the country across the Hudson River in New Jersey.  He was educated at home, eventually to enter Fordham University where he received a degree in philosophy.  His poetry and prose have appeared in print in Barrow Street, The Germ, jubilat and in Xcp: Cross-Cultural Poetics and online at GAMMM, Onedit, Pindeldyboz, In Posse Review, 5_Trope and at Xcp: Streetnotes.  His interview with the English writer Colin Wilson is online at The Argotist Online.  He lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York, where he edits the online poetry journal, eratio, and works as a private docent. 

This is his first appearance in Offcourse.

http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com

http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Wilson%20interview.htm

 

 

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