Poems

Poetic Toast to the Flying Scotsman

By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2020 First published in Academy of the Heart and Mind, April 26, 2021 Dedicated to Scottish Biking Legend, Graeme Obree, overcoming external obstacles and internal demons A Scotsman did roar round the trackhead forward, never looking back,unveiling form dubbed “Superman,”invincible, ‘til unfair ban; World records he did shatter cold,on home-made bike, whose […]

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Pausing to Give Thanks

By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2020 First published in Academy of the Heart and Mind, April 26, 2021 During this most trying time of the yearwith death at our doorstep, its breath in our ear,with thousands of countrymen falling each dayfrom invisible contagion that does ruthlessly slay,felling visions and dreams before they are formed,leaving would-be acts of […]

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