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• On the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon.

  By elbrookman on July 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It was four minutes to 11PM and my father sat on the edge of his seat in the living room watching the TV. I knew what was happening, but didn’t think it was a big deal. The picture was horribly… Read More ›

• A Delicate Annoyance

  By elbrookman on August 12, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  A Delicate Annoyance After I’m gone Don’t grieve for me Or things I didn’t achieve And left undone I wrote words to be like a thread in the air Lyrical Soft Obscure enough To awaken you from sleeping Under a… Read More ›

• On My Way Home In Annapolis Tonight

  By elbrookman on June 28, 2018 • ( 1 )

• Boxers,Comics,Poets

  By elbrookman on April 5, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  A boxer’s most important punch is the jab. It may not end a fight but it sets up everything that does, and will keep your opponent busy and force them to play defense. That momentary stun is opportunity. It takes… Read More ›

• Natatores 

  By elbrookman on December 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  An El Brookman Haiku

• Annapolis Shallows

  By elbrookman on August 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Inside her room where bodies spent On a sweat-stained couch marking days With voices raised and a window where love went. How she wanted iambic pentameter A drinking song to sing upon the Chesapeake. Annapolis has moved on, so has… Read More ›

• A Reading of the Poem; “When Love Becomes Still-Life.”

  By elbrookman on August 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

• Reading of the poem, CHURCH CIRCLE

  By elbrookman on July 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  When I returned to ANNAPOLIS, I parked at a meter near Church Circle to have my dinner and beers at Stan & Joe’s Saloon. I had not seen this 300 year old circle in almost two years and this early… Read More ›

• The Hidden Message on the Pieta

  By elbrookman on July 16, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I want you to think about a large piece of marble weighing around 9000 pounds. A man was contracted to produce a work for a Cardinal in the church in 1498 and complete it by 1499. He was twenty-four and… Read More ›

• Third Week of Every July

  By elbrookman on July 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Those times taking the children to the shore Vacationing from work All the buildings in a city And lack of horizons there. Our lives were deep breaths on a strong pier. We held that breath Till the next year…. Read More ›

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