CEREBRAL SIMILES, ET CETERA
by Tom Lyford
(self-appointed rogue Poet Laureate of Dover-Foxcroft for Life-- author of Pleasant Street, Poetic License,
On Becoming a Man of Substance, Americana, Kilroy Was Here, Work Aversion Trauma, My Cinema Paradiso)
Playing With Fire, and now...
NO DAFFODILS, NO CLOUDS
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As of August 3rd, 20212, Tom's new poetry collection goes on sale...
NO DAFFODILS, NO CLOUDS
I wanna write a poem as crooked as Willem
Dafoe’s teeth, a poem as pockmarked
as Tommy Lee Jones’ sour puss…
I wanna write a Meatloaf poem, not
a Manilow, and definitely not a Mel
‘the Velvet Fog’ Tormé poem…
I wanna write an “UH-oh!” poem, one that conjures up
the Jaws theme and makes you say something like,
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”
An armored-personnel-carrier poem!
A bomb-squad poem!
A flak-jacket poem!
I wanna write an O J Simpson Ford Bronco poem
that’ll lead the coppers and choppers in a cold
pursuit right up the San Diego Freeway!
NO DAFFODILS, NO CLOUDS
I wanna write a poem as crooked as Willem
Dafoe’s teeth, a poem as pockmarked
as Tommy Lee Jones’ sour puss…
I wanna write a Meatloaf poem, not
a Manilow, and definitely not a Mel
‘the Velvet Fog’ Tormé poem…
I wanna write an “UH-oh!” poem, one that conjures up
the Jaws theme and makes you say something like,
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”
An armored-personnel-carrier poem!
A bomb-squad poem!
A flak-jacket poem!
I wanna write an O J Simpson Ford Bronco poem
that’ll lead the coppers and choppers in a cold
pursuit right up the San Diego Freeway!
PLAYING WITH FIRE
"It's a dangerous business, going out your front door..."
-- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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CHAPTER ONE HOT SHOT
CHAPTER TWO DEAD IN THE WATER
CHAPTER THREE JUST PRESS THIS BUTTON
CHAPTER FOUR ON THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CONDIMENTS
CHAPTER FIVE DOESN'T PLAY NICELY WITH OTHERS
CHAPTER SIX JUST A LITTLE GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIR
CHAPTER SEVEN PLAYING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER EIGHT FRIENDLY FIRE
CHAPTER NINE DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER TEN KILLER MATH PROBLEM
CHAPTER ELEVEN WOLF AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER TWELVE TOMMY TESTOSTERONE AT THE DOOR
EPILOGUE THE SINS OF THE FATHER
-- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
(CLICK HERE) FOR ORDERING INFORMATION...
(CLICK HERE) FOR ORDERING KINDLE EDITION...
CHAPTER ONE HOT SHOT
CHAPTER TWO DEAD IN THE WATER
CHAPTER THREE JUST PRESS THIS BUTTON
CHAPTER FOUR ON THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CONDIMENTS
CHAPTER FIVE DOESN'T PLAY NICELY WITH OTHERS
CHAPTER SIX JUST A LITTLE GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIR
CHAPTER SEVEN PLAYING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER EIGHT FRIENDLY FIRE
CHAPTER NINE DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER TEN KILLER MATH PROBLEM
CHAPTER ELEVEN WOLF AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER TWELVE TOMMY TESTOSTERONE AT THE DOOR
EPILOGUE THE SINS OF THE FATHER
MY CINEMA PARADISO: A Movie-Marathon Lifetime Memoir in 3-D Poetry
THREE samples follow:
ALTERED STATES
REEFER MADNESS
THE BIG CHILL
or simply CLICK to look inside...
(Released in April, 2010; 5.25 X 8 inches; 88 pages; 73 poems; perfect bound; Green Bough Publishing; $14.95)
My Cinema Paradiso is a film buff's hymnal to American Cinema, The Great Teacher... The Great Escape. Each of its poems is the namesake of a film (i.e., "Altered States," "Reefer Madness," "The Big Chill"). The book is a Baby Boomer's memoir in poetry, counterpointing events and issues in the author's life with specific films from the 1940's to the present...
Buy directly from me HERE
...or from Amazon
ALTERED STATES
REEFER MADNESS
THE BIG CHILL
or simply CLICK to look inside...
(Released in April, 2010; 5.25 X 8 inches; 88 pages; 73 poems; perfect bound; Green Bough Publishing; $14.95)
My Cinema Paradiso is a film buff's hymnal to American Cinema, The Great Teacher... The Great Escape. Each of its poems is the namesake of a film (i.e., "Altered States," "Reefer Madness," "The Big Chill"). The book is a Baby Boomer's memoir in poetry, counterpointing events and issues in the author's life with specific films from the 1940's to the present...
Buy directly from me HERE
...or from Amazon
FOR THOSE INTERESTED, WORK AVERSION TRAUMA IS AVAILABLE BY SENDING A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $15.00, ALONG WITH YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, TO
TOM LYFORD
121 PLEASANT STREET
DOVER-FOXCROFT, ME
04426
TOM LYFORD
121 PLEASANT STREET
DOVER-FOXCROFT, ME
04426