Category: music
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And as the pain flows like waterfalls over the side of the bed, and your little body is drowning in a sea of blankets I take aim with today’s carnival midway prize and proudly make you my suction cup arrow shot in the dark. This is an excerpt from a poem of the…
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Lying on our sides with the harvest moon above, we use peach wine and Levi’s corduroy friction to fend off the chill. As clouds cover the moon we send up our silent prayers and watch them form their own temporary constellations.
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Using a behind-the-ear algebra class No. 2 pencil, he rewinds and Alabama mix tape so it can be played through pickup truck speakers. She stares at his feet, studying what will one day be carrying her away from here. This is an excerpt from my poem, ‘Alabama mix tape and a No. 2 pencil,’ which…
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I had one eye closed to the future and the other looking towards a phone booth confessional, while trying desperately to forget that eventually I will miss you forever. This is an excerpt from a poem of the same name that appears in my book, “Country Songs and Backroad Love Notes.”
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Please check out The RavensPerch for my poem “The wrong North Star” The RavensPerch an exciting literary magazine for poetry, fiction, and art from creative minds around the world, founded by Gretna Wilkinson, PhD. THE WRONG NORTH STAR BY STEVEN HARZ
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https://www.amazon.com/Descending-Beanstalk-Stories-love-rebirth-ebook/dp/B00X7SAKKW
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This weekend, April 7 – 9, my ebook of short fiction stories of love, loss, and rebirth is available for free download at Amazon. Although the book is in the Kindle store, it can be read on any e-reader. Here is a review of the book: :This is a deeply emotional walk through times and…
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Under the light of a tiki torch disco ball, with a finger to your lips and a hand up your shirt, I push you out and pull you in, living a dream that we will later gladly trade for a memory. copyright 2015 Steven Harz
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To you I have vanished but all I need to reappear is a healthy dose of 8-track anointment, cassette deck crucifixion, and needle-in-groove resurrection. copyright 2016 Steven Harz
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In my head and mouth there are 26 letters that I’ll use to form hundreds of words that tell you and the world and myself that i need you or I don’t or some other lie. copyright 2013 Steven Harz
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