Category Archives: Neighborhood

Frames

Posted on August 6, 2022 by sputterpub

They’ve started framing traffic signals now.Somebody must have studied gathered facts,and found a way to teach the drivers howto notice what already eye-attracts.A traffic plan made agencies endowideas only esteemed by bureaucrats.The visible results make no one wary.You know the … Continue reading →

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Naked DEMO

Posted on July 22, 2022 by sputterpub

My neighborhood’s attractive but it’s dense.We cluster close with separating trees.So when I heard the noise beyond the fenceand up, where houses rear into the breeze,I soon identified the source. From whencethe sound emitted, bare from head to knees:A guy … Continue reading →

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Above Stores and Behind Stars

Posted on June 12, 2022 by sputterpub

I’ve walked this neighborhood so many years,I’ve memorized the look of every place.I gaze instead sometimes at what appearsabove each independent retail space.I note what must be offices or flats.Apartments and compartments tantalizeimagination – urban habitatsand crooked shades revealing stored … Continue reading →

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Unmoribund

Posted on May 28, 2022 by sputterpub

At least 2 times a week I pass this tree,and I have worried that it might be dead.Well-shaped and large, it’s shown no greenerywhen all around are plants a-bud in bedor trellis-woven, fenced or blooming free.I’ve longed to see it … Continue reading →

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The Misfit

Posted on May 6, 2022 by sputterpub

The way I walk to market takes me pastsome houses made a hundred years ago.The buildings were constructed then to last,from storied residence to bungalow.Today I see example of contrast:a habitat that’s counter to the flowof vintage houses block-appropriate.Contemporary style … Continue reading →

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Naked Limbs

Posted on April 24, 2022 by sputterpub

My route to BART is level, scenic, fine.It passes through two neighborhoods of storesand blocks of homes and gardens that alignwith asphalt streets and concrete walks. Outdoorsis lovely all the way, adorned with scoresof trees. I notice one specifically:well-shaped and … Continue reading →

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On Pavement

Posted on March 18, 2022 by sputterpub

It’s just as well I have to leave my room,for trucks are working on the street today.I wouldn’t mind construction or the zoomof chain-saw pruning, but the endless brayof backups, when we haven’t any ruts,incessant safety signals, have a wayof … Continue reading →

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Those Absent Minds

Posted on March 12, 2022 by sputterpub

Those absent minds encountered on the streetare resident in bodies of all kinds,and they are not aware. I cannot greetthose absent minds. As if equipped with plugs in ears and blindsfor eyes, all sense devoted to completeattention on their phones … Continue reading →

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Noise Pollution

Posted on February 2, 2022 by sputterpub

The car alarms are bad, but backup horns are worse.The first would be okay if stopping theft.The latter interrupts attention like a curse,and leaves us home inhabitants bereftand longing for a break from penetrating noise,when no one is endangered by … Continue reading →

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Consuming Frenzy

Posted on December 21, 2021 by sputterpub

For nearly 15 years I’ve walked this way,through blocks of modest housing interspersedwith areas that host a shop array,but never have encountered such a burstof frantic traffic busy like today:eruptions in a frenzy to be first.The citizens won’t longer stay … Continue reading →

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