Category Archives: Poetry

Freddie and the Buck

Posted on 2013/07/11 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

Though two feet away You, my five pound Yorkie, Faced him off, His five points Pointing to y(our face. You stood there Barking, While Death Seemed amused, And the fence gave protection. But there is no fence Around the corner. … Continue reading →

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Buck Buckling

Posted on 2013/07/11 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

You push through the gate Into our front yard. And Freddie comes Up to you, And I wonder with no fence Between you Just what will happen– You greet him Nose to nose But Freddie backs off And barks As … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends By John G. Young, M.D.

Posted on 2013/07/01 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

Cover Paintings by John G. Young, M.D. Now available in paperback, this collection of poems was written over several years in the 1990s and early 2000s. They did not fit into any particular category, so the title, “Odds and Ends.” … Continue reading →

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Appropriation by jgyoungmd

Posted on 2013/06/30 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

I recently went to a discussion of the Cut & Paste art show at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. “Collage as a form of artistic expression dates back as far as images on paper could be cut out, reassembled, … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day: The Mantis Rag

Posted on 2013/06/14 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

I’m losing my head over you. Just what am I gonna do praying the mantis rag?   I’m losing my head over you. Gonna get bled over you, doing that dance of death.   Time to say adieu. Gone are … Continue reading →

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Footnote on “Footnote to Jaspers*”

Posted on 2013/06/07 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

Footnote to Jaspers don’t just float, dance with death, listen to the music of the silence, let your life be a grace note not a space note (taking up…) no, dance with death, it’s anyone’s guess what’s behind the veil, … Continue reading →

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Footnote to Jaspers*

Posted on 2013/06/02 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

  don’t just float, dance with death, listen to the music of the silence, let your life be a grace note not a space note (taking up…) no, dance with death, it’s anyone’s guess what’s behind the veil, decide to … Continue reading →

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Thought Cycle

Posted on 2013/06/02 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

Spring water words bubble from beneath the mud of my mind cascade over rocky starts, then swell into airy summer delights in the full acceptance of the day–   Too soon they fall in the afternoon as afterthoughts, cliched leavings … Continue reading →

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Unwarranted Burnout

Posted on 2013/05/15 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

I am an ambulance driven to distraction in an alien land off rhymed at the side of the road Hood up, innards exposed I need a lifeline I need a friend The spark’ s long gone My battery’s long past … Continue reading →

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My Poetry and Music Creations

Posted on 2013/05/01 by jgyoungmdaic@gmail.com

Being both a poet and musician, I find many interesting similarities in the ways I create both. What Charles Olsen (Poetry New York No. 3, 1950) calls projective [breath-related] poetry writing vs. non-projective [closed verse], “line, syllable, image, sound, sense, … Continue reading →

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