At the Philly Flower Show 3-11-11 #5
With my favorite blonde
wife mine
husband hers
wife mine husband hers
this is another time of our lives
at Philly Flower show
March 11, eleven
We walked, we shopped
we sat and talked of Swarthmore
whether the inn was out
We watched art in flowers
flowered art
flowers without art
flowers are art
especially the cacti
which we both love
cacti are catproof
cacti need little moisture
cacti endure
we try to also
we walked and talked
enjoyed each others being
said little, really
Bob Small 3-11-11 revised 6-23-2013 then 6-24
At the Philly Flower Show 3-11-11 #6 and final
These are times to be remembered
very rarely at the times
very rarely
Flowers and shopping stalls
and hoping stalls
couples young and old
Flowers and food
children with parents
with both or the one
Flowers and dreamers
of various ages, dreamings
some in memory of
nineteen thirty one
nineteen sixty one
nineteen ninety one
Center City, olde Swarthmore,
Camden back in the day
Chester some time ago
Jackson, Miss when young when young
I remember wandering
in many woods
before it became other
than the
uncleared
forest
who here
still has these memories
that you should not need
should not need
to enter concrete
or glass or brick
to see flowers, bushes, and trees
to see flowers, bushes, and trees
ah, I’m an old man
I’m an old man
who only knows
the uses of yesterday
who only knows
the uses of yesterday
and has not the
and has not the
vision for tomorrow
vision for —
Bob Small 3-11-01
revised 6-24-2013
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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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