Please enjoy today’s selection: “Hippie Wrinkles” by Michael Berton which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon

Hippie Wrinkles

the hype
of the hip
city everyone wants
to live in a paradigm
during early evening
brewpub crawls
tugboat hops
circuiting crater
butt molds poems
into poses
trickery in drag
faux vogue in
rogue’s clothes
hemp grass
medicine man
tai chi
reflection
over big pink
moon shine
where okie
mutant salmon
bounce bridges
rainbow youth tread
queer leaps
on bike seats
honk for
obnoxious
deadhead poets
panhandling sex
at orgasmic
open mic
on alphabet street
rate

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Please enjoy today’s selection: “Average Afternoon, Portland” by ‘M’ which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon

Average Afternoon, Portland

we are deep in the trench of January
winter has its hand
on our bundled up backs
rudely shoveling us like litter
down Glisan street
a man drives a cherry red Chevy 4 X 4
in the opposite direction
payload maxed out with
ladders power saws paint cans drywall
windows rolled all the way down
sound system jacked all the way up
the monkey puppet on his left hand
is smiling
waving indiscriminately at everyone
lip-syncing Tom Jones
it’s not unusual
to be loved by anyone
and just like in a movie
when the sad boy makes
the clutch free throw
even though it’s hokey
we cheer

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Monday, Nov 10, 2014
7:00-9:00 pm

Keeping It Weird
Book Launch Celebration & Live Music

at

Ford Food & Drink
2505 SE 11th Ave (at Division)
Portland, Oregon

Featured readers include:
Matt Amott, Michael Berton, Elijah Cordero, Simon del Valle, Tricia, Knoll, M, Carolyn Martin, Shawn Aveningo, Justin Price, Michael Shay, Steve Williams, Nathan Tompkins & Brenda Taulbee

PLUS Live Music by MJ12 – The Band
Come Early to Enjoy Great Food and Support the Venue!

Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore.

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