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Title: Point Spread Poems

Author: Paul Cameron Brown

Release Date: March 2, 2010 [EBook #31477]

Language: English

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POINT SPREAD POEMS By

PAUL CAMERON BROWN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

9 WINDFALL
11 TURNCOAT
13 GANGLAND
15 NIGHT FISHING AT ANTIBES
17 SABBAT
19 SHIVAREE
21 POINT SPREAD
24 (THE TORONTO STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1985)
25 READING THE TIDES: PETROGLYPH PARK
27 FABULIST
28 ACE OF SPADES
29 WILD CARD
30 1920'S FLICKER
31 CANDLELIGHT IN BLACK
32 HIGHGATE
34 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
35 PICPUS
37 ILLUMINAIRE
38 CARNIVAL AND LENT
40 TERMINAL LIVING
45 MIDPOINT
46 TWINKLING OF AN EYE
47 SERENADE
49 HIDDEN AGENDA
50 ADVENTURER
51 SLIPPER
52 HELLULAND
53 TRINKETS
54 A THIEF'S NOTEBOOK
55 WARHORSE
57 TEETER-TOTTER
58 CHEMIN DE FER
60 WITHIN REACH
62 COUNTESS
63 COUNTESS II
64 PALEFACE
65 CUD
67 CURRENCY
68 REFRESHER COURSE
69 GHOST TALES
70 WANDERLUST
73 PASTICHE
76 BOCA
84 WORK IN PROGRESS
88 HARDCASES

"In the five and dime
store where I first fell
in love with unreality."

Lawrence Ferrenghetti

WINDFALL

Photos along a soft-centred wall
like assorted chocolates
with prized centres,
tiny miniatures--
full portraits
the young army major, for one,
in battle fatigues come full family regalia.

Mounting the staircase
(tearing back the chocolate paper)
shroud hand on the railing,
pressuring the cherry liquid
into oozing burst of memory,
the nectarine orange of a summer's day.
Swing & garden loom into view,
the mind plays thoughtscapes,
a tag ensemble, along the wall.

Old colours (or lack of them) abound--
the antiquated dress & hairdos
of grandparents that speak lavishly,
into taste buds, across the fallen years.