Dramatic Times, Drastic Crimes
Dramatic times drastic crimes committed every hour Killing words from overlords hoarding stolen power Except for us it’s all a […]
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Old Man Punk
Cascadian Byways
Sweetzer Road
Sweetzer Rd is admittedly devoid just wandering cows and rattlesnakes when you stop here in roadside shade there’s no chance
Poetry and Prose
Origins of Tapioca
Pondering the origins of tapioca is it a gelatin or does it come from uhhh a tree or something? “It’s
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Cascadian Byways
Juniper Road
Juniper road Umitilla highlands the pass heads straight down to the straight road into Pendleton High as radio waves past
Held the Globe (for Gramps)
Pondering the Question of Advice
He pondered the question for over a day he could have died without answering finally, calling me close, hoarsely “make
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Cascadian Byways
The Smallest Town
The smallest town possible is a hamlet i guess Sublett, Idaho (or Utah?) no matter i’ve gone twice
Old Man Punk
Ranch Exit
V1 Ranch exit Oh de Oh O’er the pass we gonna roll ‘nigh services up ahead just us and trucks
Cascadian Byways
Columbia Daunted but Still Roils
One way these track run into the elevator and onto Mt Hood Turning east stopped by wooden fence dam the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Kerouac’s San Francisco in Dave’s Vancouver – Postcard #30
On a North Van hillside, Dave reads a few choruses from Jack Kerouac’s “San Francisco Blues” and talks about “Ti
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Rilke’s Letters at a Breezy Island Market – Postcard #29
At Granville Island Market on a breezy spring day, Dave talks about Czech/German/French writer Rainer Maria Rilke and reads from
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Whitman on the Windy Columbia – Postcard #28
A personal stirring moment, recorded for Grandpa, Robert Louis Stevenson (RIP) on the windy banks of the Columbia River featuring
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Atlantico
Atlantico – Freeverse cycle
Postcards from Atlantico – Freeverse broadsheet from Dave Olson (downloadable and printable)
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Cascadian Byways
Railyards Passing By
Journeys delayed undertaken, tossedpast fields of weakness past trestle stretch Long past the hazel fieldswith storage sheds of secretswhere cul-de-sacs dead
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Time is Now (Adolescent punk)
V.1 He raises his arms in triumph celebrating nothing but mirth and mischief V.2 youth gone-astray by indifference must grab
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I Remain (Middle-aged punk)
I’ve finally slept all night and sort of feeling right i thought i’d feel sad but you’re gone and i’m
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Vanessa of the B-line
V.1 I’ve heard that pretty girls don’t rides on buses but here you’re here in curls and glasses like ordered
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