Steven Harz / Americana Soul

3 chords and the truth (6 if you want me to lie)

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  • Poetry / “Red”

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    Red

     

    The stop signs

    (two)

    and traffic lights

    (too many to count)

    between his house and hers were

    (considered by him to be)

    impediments to the

    far too few minutes and hours

    that they spent together

    each day

    (or week or month)

    but the same red

    lights and signs

    on his way home were like

    magnets that could not keep him

    from having to leave

    but kept him closer to her for

    brief but wonderful

    pauses in time

    —

    copyright 2012

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  • Poetry / “Eventually I will miss you forever”

    My poem “Eventually I will miss you forever” is now being featured over at Word+Pictures.

    Head on over and take a look!

    http://wordspluspicturesblog.com/2016/02/29/eventually-i-will-miss-you-forever/cropped-cropped-bookshelf.jpg

  • Poetry / “Driveway goodnight kiss” is published in ‘Tracks’

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    Inwood Indiana is at it again! Despite being the smallest press in the world™, Inwood Indiana attracts talented writers from all over.

    This issue features fine fiction and poetry by Mitchell Allen, Christine Angersola, Mary Bamburg, Gary Beck, April Mae Berza, Reilly Blackwell, Meg Boeni, Eric Bonholtzer, Ute Carson, Anna Cates, Jakob Chapman, Giulia Ciaghi, Chad Collins, Linda Crate, Carrington Curphy, Shelby Dallman, Ashley Dean, JD DeHart, Darren C. Demaree, Stefanie Durbin, Lauren Frank, Charles Frode, Tim Gardiner, Diane Gillette, Joann Grisetti, Mary Gunn, Deborah Guzzi, Frank Haberle, Robert Hansen, Richard Hartwell, Steve Harz, C. Z. Heyward, John Horvath Jr., Saloni Kaul, Teddy Kimathi, Ani King, Samuel Kjellberg, Matt Kolbet, Kate LaDew, Ken Leland, Georgia MacShane, Joan McNerney, Stephen Mcquiggan, Charles Mercer, Alan Meyrowitz, Caroline Misner, Gloria Monaghan, Katherine Morais, Michael L. Newell, James B. Nicola, Timothy Norton, Sarah Olson, Michelle Ong, Eliana Osborn, Scott Outlar, E. Panziera, John Petriccione, Josh Rank, Stephen Reynolds, Anina Robb, Joe Roberts, KJ Roby, Deborah Rocheleau, Nicholas Roos, Ethan Forrest Ross, Linda Sacco, Toni Scales, Nathanial Seifert, Alan Semrow, Wesley Shainline, Shirley Smothers, Paul Soto, Adam Sprague, Emily Strauss, Derek Sugamosto, Doug Van Hooser, Jennifer Weber, Mary L Westcott, Steve Wiley, and K.B. Woods.

    6 X 9, 238 Pages, Perfect Bound with full color cover in Matte finish. This is a big book!

    https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/inwood-indiana-c-4/tracks-p-165.html

  • Poetry / Newly published in “Voices 2”

      
    My short stories, “The Goodbye” and “She’s As Sweet As”, appear in the newly published “Voices 2”

  • Poetry / “Ain’t that a shame” by @nicolepasq

    I love Nicole Marie’s blog, ‘Words & other things’ and am happy to have found this lovely poem titled “Ain’t that a shame” – enjoy!!

    Ain’t That a Shame

  • Poetry / “Context”

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    Context

     

    I might tell you how much I enjoy being with you

    as if you couldn’t tell

    (I am that transparent)

    but it would be without true meaning

     

    I should let you know how each of your kisses

    paralyze me for a beautiful brief instant

    (which is why I have to pull away and reset)

    but it would not really matter

     

    I could describe the pain in my chest

    when we are apart

    (that is sometimes accompanied by tears)

    but what would be the point

     

    I ought to share the calm that I feel

    when we are together

    (in church they say ‘peace that surpasses all understanding’)

    but the words would be hollow

     

    I could say all of these things

    to you either out loud or in a whisper

    (which would you prefer)

    but they cannot land successfully

    without first framing them

    (with I love you)

    —

     

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  • Spoken Word Poetry / “Talk to Me Poem, I Think I’ve Got the Blues” by Nikki Giovanni

    Please enjoy the great Nikki Giovanni and her performance of her poem “Talk to Me Poem, I Think I’ve Got the Blues”

  • Poetry / “Songs you can’t dance to”

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    Songs you can’t dance to

     

    The cloud that covers me when

    I trace the curve of your back

     

    The blindness that overcomes me

    when I see the back of your knee

     

    The hangover I fight through

    on the morning after we touch

     

    The momentary blackout you cause

    as you lean in eyes closed for a kiss

     

    The dense fog that surrounds

    when you show me your love

     

    The deafening beat of my heart

    as it is pressed onto yours

     

    The numbing buzz of my skin

    underneath your fingertips

     

    The frantic swim to the surface

    so I don’t drown in my emotion

    and in our twisted tangled sheets

     

    As I wait for you to come back

    from sleep and your dreams

    these all invade my head

     

    And as with songs you can’t dance to

    I am beside you listening to them

    in a warm horizontal haze

    —

    copyright 2012 Steven Harz

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  • Poetry / “why i won’t let me be great”

    I love the ‘oh look, donuts’ blog and this piece struck me this morning….

    http://ohlookdonuts.tumblr.com/post/125484533720/why-i-wont-let-me-be-great

  • Poetry / “Halo”

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    Halo

     

    You

    disconnected

    your

    halo

    but I

    still saw

    the

    light.

    —

    copyright 2014 Steven Harz

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    My eBooks of poetry and romance are available at Etsy – please visit my page:

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  • Poetry / “Hallowed ground”

     

    Hallowed ground

     

    To much of the world hallowed ground

    is a grotto under a church in Oh Little Town

     

    To others it’s a sacred monolith in Mecca

    or along the banks of the river Ganges

     

    Some feel it’s the killing fields of Gettysburg

    or where their hearts are buried South Dakota

     

    And others find hallowed two holes in Manhattan

    one in Pennsylvania and one in a five-sided wall

     

    But to me it’s much easier than these because

    my holy land begins with a table and two chairs and

    an initial kiss hello outside of a coffee shop

    on a warm November morning

    —

    My eBooks of poetry and romance are available at Etsy – please visit my page:

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  • Poetry / Miri Elm’s “Hello My Name Is _____”

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    This week we go back to the work of Miri Elm for her piece titled “Hello My Name Is ______” – I have become a big fan of her work!

    Enjoy!!!

    Hello My Name Is ______