Category Archives: Poetry
Spinning Tops
My Spirit Bear
My Spirit Bear,
Forlorn and frazzled,
Worn down with cares,
Stares off into the distance,
Contemplating his existence.
Depression’s Masquerade
The Bluebird of Happiness
Creating, Rather than Rearranging
Poem, written in 1972 upon seeing a miserable-looking dog tied to a post while walking to work, about creating happiness from misery.
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Poem written by Ned Buratovich on January 5, 1974 about expectations leading to tense confrontation one August evening in 1973. Audio of Ned’s reading recorded in 2004.
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Cow Encountered by a Poet
A spoken word performance of a puerile poem written as an adolescent, captured in a semi-spontaneous video when both a brown cow and a poet became available.
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