The 300 Block of our life
For Mari and family
Marion and Mari
Avadi and Beverly
names change and are rearranged
even Camelot had moving vans
Neighbours change
as we all will one day
as we all will one night
as we all will
all present times are
memories for future
when now will be the past
when tonight will be yester day
good luck in your new world
where you will, we trust,
remember us
as we you, as we you
time never stops
a photo holds the past
we will hold your name and image
as long as we
we will hold your name and image
as long as we
have the capacity
for this holding
Bob Small 5-4-12 revised 5-5 revised 6-19-13 /6-20
The 300 Block of our life redux
Now it’s changed again
Marion’s house has been torn down
and looks like downtown Baghdad
A couple with twelve cats
this is just as natural as any
is slowly moving in to Mari’s
The Dark Shadows house remains
though we are told
eviction, or maybe exorcism,
is in the offing
We remain also
no longer feeling,
as though we ever did,
as the main centrics
two dogs three cats
no wait now there’s four
seven chickens and a hub of
multi party not farious activities
this is a semi-open world
change happens
and then it’s here
just like Disney’s Tomorrowland
From 6-19 then 6-20-2013
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About bobsmall1
Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders,
The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia
Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading,
The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center,
The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore
The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City,
Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues.
He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including
El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die,
Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet.
This is his first Reading in over a year.
Bob Small was Founder and President of the
two decades old Poets and Prophets,
which presented Poetry Readings
in both Delaware County and Philadelphia.
Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the
First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005).
He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties.
He is the Founder and Facilitator of
The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac),
which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties.,
seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook)
Bob is also a founding member and
Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates,
which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook)
He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance.
Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife
and their menagerie of animals.
He is currently focused on writing a Novel and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Delco Debates and Poets and Prophets, which he may return to.
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