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The Audacity Of No Hope

139 words, 12 comments, November 22. In Adult
The Kid Strikes Out Again

I’d seen the kid at / the poetry reading before / he was ambitious / had his work / printed on a broadside / and handed them out / with his phone number / he asked for feedback / like he wanted you / to tell him of / his great

147 words, 17 comments, November 11
The Houdini Of Dining

Back in the early post-depression days / when everyone was still poor / my father told me / Uncle Eddie would invite everyone / to a fancy restaurant / and order the most expensive items / on the menu / my father would kick him under

178 words, 3 comments, November 1
Urban Nature

Nancy went to bed / pulled down the bed spread / and proclaimed she spotted a roach. / I don’t want to sleep with no roach, she said. / / Yeah, yeah I said / eyes glued to the TV / I’ll buy some spray / then she went on / talking about

261 words, 23 comments, October 24

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Cold Feet
Everyday after school I walked by Victoria’s Secret. In the display window were

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facethejam : hey on October 19

i was looking at a bunch of your work and it's all really good. i admire the honesty. do you think you could take a look at some of my stuff? i'd like to become a better poet and i'm new to this site.
rhetorica : Rhetorica on October 11

".Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way." I love your work and i need to ask you a question,
are you actually Charles Bukowski?
Brian Balzer : Hello Dave, on September 22

Just stopped by to sign your book and invite you over to take a stroll through my Poetry Garden story which is like a philosophy then sign my book whenever you have time. While I'm here I'll let you know someone must have an attitude problem. You've always been cool by me. Oh well, don't sweat the small stuff!
Read ya later,
BKB
Cactus : ????????? on May 28

thanx for ur anger n better try n workout on ur poetry rather than blaming me on lameness.i m on ths site for pretty long n hav a gud commentntg bakgrund.hav a nice day

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on The Audacity Of No Hope by dave ochs, 1 day ago

hey rich
thanks for commenting. irreverent is the perfect word. this is really a tame poem.
dave
on [ You're really dry ] by cee, 2 days ago

hey cee
very engaging, like your addressing a certain specific person, I suppose the sterotyper. very easy to read the way the Budwieser ad talks about drinkability. I'm against any author's note that explain the poem i think if you feel compelled to do it, it probably should be in the poem.
dave