TExt Text PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S /-..65*POETRY*BOOK/..TITLED: -”ALL*DOG’S*GROAN*/-..-WHEN*MOON*/-..-(MAKES*THEM*MOAN !?)--?/ “ -FIRST*EDITION. -POET’S(C)COPY*RIGHT- -2017. (23*prose*Poems &*autobiographical) Additional-*PUBLISHED*Poetry Books: (1980-1985)-.. -PUBLISHED*via..(-*PRINTING*PRESS*)! 1."30/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)" 2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)" 3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*! 4."(69)*IMAGES*/- ..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"? 5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"? NOTE*ALSO*online*PUBLISHED: 38*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*- PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS. philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: © Author: PLS7 © Word count: 158 Views: 0 philip lawrence sherrod, poet © LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:© Original*Poems: -were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug. 2001. All*- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional- !../-?- &..-*Created./- ...as*Original*Characters/-!..- To*Represent*Symbolic-? *Human-*Relationships!..- &*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-? ..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). - The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/- ?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-? of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*- Dealing*With*/- ?…*Modern*Living/- ?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?) -As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!) Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/- ?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-? -..Control*The*Reader/-.. To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/- ..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..- Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form! JANUARY 07, 2008-2016. ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)? ..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..- (About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)? ..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/- ..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*- ..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?).. -or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/- ..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..- of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..- For*These*LIVING*..- *IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/- ..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/- ?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?) (They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!) Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)? & *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-! *Consciously/-&..Or*/-..UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/- ..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/- ..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre- ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)? ..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-( (Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/- ..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-.. ..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties! ..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*- ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-.. -LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)? -Using*Low*Class*Slang/- ..-With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!?) -(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)- -(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..*QUATRAIN*)!? -l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from quatr’e ‘four.’ POEM*ONE/-: -IT*SEEM’S/-..-THIS*TO*BE*TRUE*/-.._&*SKIP*DA*LOO*/-..(.ANY*SER*IOUS*CO- N*CERN’S)-..-UV’*DE*MENT*/-..AL*LIZED*/-..-*ACTION*ON*A*BONE’S*LUCK!?- IF*HELEN*LIEB*HABER*/-..-(FALL’S*/-..-IN*LOVE*/-..WF”ONE*/-..-OR*SOME*SAV -IE*CHICK*/-..-GET’S*YOUR*NUMBER*/-..-OR*GOES*/-..-(IN*SANE*ON*YOU!?)-- POEM*TWO/-: -&*KEEPS*E*MAIL*ING*YOU*/-..-*THAT*SHE’S/-..-*HORNEY*/-..-&*WANT’S*YO- U*TO-(BANG*HER*NOW!?)_..-*BE*FORE*/-..-YOU*CAN*GET*/-..-(THE*CON*DO- *OM*/-..-(THAT*SHE/-..-BROUGHT*OVER*/-..-THAT’S*TOO*BIG*/-..-(FOR*WEE* *WILLIE*/-..-UV*WHOOM*/-..-(HAS*MAY*BE/-..-*SEEN*/-..-(BETTER*MON*KEY*-? POEM*THREE/-: -ING*A*ROUND*DAY’S/-..-&*NIGHT’S(!)?-..-(WHO*SAY’S*SO*ME*)!!!!?-..TO*SO- ME*DEGREE*/-..-(REFER*ING*/-..-TO*BONE*DRY*/-..-OR*WET*&*NASTY*WET(!?- )-..-&*THE*REST*/-..-IS*UP*/-..-*TO*MARLEY(!)?-..-EH*FIDO(!)?-..-AS*I*AM*IN*THE *-(DOG*HOUSE*NOW!)?-..-TU*WHEET*/-..-WHERE*IS’DAT*GONED*BONE*DOG- POEM*FOUR?-: *Bark*ing*/-..-at*dat*Moon(!?)-..-is*this*/-..-(any*way*/-..to*start*a*B -ook*/-..(uv’*Great*Poetry*/-..-*tu*wheet*/-..-some*thing*/-..(like*a*d- og*whistle*/-..-uv*course*/-..-mde*in*Black*Plastic*/-..as*metal*tiss* out*Of*style(!)?-..-&*-(world*war*two/-..-(Tizz*Over*/-..&*also*T*bon- POEM*FIVE/-: e*/-..-&*/-..-(Flank*Steak’s/-..-are*/-..-(*Helena’s*Favor*ite*cuts*/-..-for*- *ari*/-..-(MYE*SON!)?-..&*so*be*it*/-..(*sandro*!)?-..-also*who*is*now- -al*most(semi*VegIE*/-..-(*Tarian*)!?-..)-..waking*up*to*danger*/-..-Pla- Ty*Hell*Ment*e’s/-..-sunk*IN*Bovine*/-..-*cat*tle*/-..Chew*ing*a*way- POEM*SIX/-: Worms*IN*Pleasure*/-..-&*Measure*(!)?-..-ain’t*/-..-what*yeat’s*/-..wro- te*about*either*(!)?-..-(since*Tape*worms*/-..aren’t*a*Plea*sant*sigh -t*wiggle*ing*/-..-*meat*blood*Mus*cle(!)?-..-&*(should*Be*Cook*ed? -..-*Well*E*Nough*/-..-to*Not*crawl*/-..-(Into*One’s*own*Gut!)?-OK* POEM*SEVEN/-: -BUT*ALL*YOUSE*DOG’S/-..-(GOTTA*THRONE*IT*BABY*)!?_..-AS*ME*TOL*ER*A- *T*ING*/-..ALL*THAT*HOWL*ING/-..-IN*YOUR*NEIGH*ER*HOOD(!)?-..-DOBER*- *MAN*PINCHER’S*/-..&*MAST*TAFI’S*/-..-OR*/-..-(THOSE*LOVLY*PIT*BULL’S*/-? -)-..(SLOB*BER*ING*/-..-(UP(ON*ONE’S*/-..-LEG*PANTS*/-..-THAT*STINK*ING*/- POEM*EIGHT/-: DOG*SA*LIVE*A(!)?-..-&*YOU*SAY*ING/-..(GOOD*DOG*GIE!?)-..OVER*&*OVE- r*Like*/-..-(HE*DOES’NT*/-..-(RE*MEMBER*/-..-HIS*NAME*/-..N’*FRENCH*(!?)-..? -&*NEVER*/-..-(TOOK*A*/-..-(FRENCH*CLASS*/-..-BE*CAUSE*/-..-(YOU*LIVED*N’- *SPAIN*SE*VILL*A/-..-ALONG*/-..SOME*SPIRIT*ED*COAST*/-..-*TOWN*(!)?-..??? POEM*NINE/-: -WHILE*POM*POO*/-..-STILL*KEPT*BARK*ING/-..-AT*OLD*MAN*IN*MOON(!?)-.. I*BITE*ING*/-..-(MYE*NAIL’S!)?-..-&*MYE*WOMAN’S*NAILS(!)?-..-TASTE*ING*FLE -SH*/-..-WF’/-(MAY*BE?-..THOSE*WORM’S/-..-(MENT*ION*ED/-..-ALL*READY(!!!!?) -&*HER*SPAIN*ISH/-..PER*FUME*/-..-(GONE*RAN*CID/-..-NEAR*HER*/-..-(VARI*- POEM*TEN*/-: COSE*VEINS*/-..-&*YOU*/-..-(NOT*KNOW*ING*WHETHER*/-..-IT;S*HER*/-..OR- *AGAIN/-..-THE*DOG’S*BREATH(!)?/-..-OR*WHAT’S*/-..-LEFT(OF*/-..-(THE*MEAT?) )-?-..-(STICK*ING*TO*HER*THIGH*BONE!)_..-(MAKES’*YOU*WANT*TO*/-..-UP*C -HUCK*/-..-EVERY*TIME*/-..-YOU*SEE*A*/-..-(*MOON*/-..&*THAT*STRANGE*SM- POEM*ELEVEN*/-: ELL*WAFT’S*UP*FROM*BETWEEN*HER*/-..-OR*DOG’S*LEGGGG’S(!)?-..-CEN*SO SSOR’S/-.._(ME*WANT*ING*/-..-(TO*EAT*DOG*FOOD!)?-..-UN*LESS*IT’S*TRADE -R’S*JOE’S(!)?-..SO*MUCH*FOR*THAT*/-..-EPI*SODE*/-..-EH*SMOKEY*(!)?-..-*DO- WN*BOY*(!?)-.-BUT*THEN*AGAIN*(!)?-..-(FARMER*BROWN*..-(DID*SHOOT*SM- POEM*TWELVE*/-: OKEY*/-..-A*HALF*COYOTE*/-..-&*ENGLISH*COLLIE*/-..-THAT*HE*SAID(!?)-..-*W- AS*KILL*ING*/-..-(HIS*CHICK*EN’S!?)_..-(&*I*NEVER*FOR*GAVE*/-..-FARMER*B- ROWN*/-..-OR*HIS*-*MEX*I*CAN*WOMAN*(!)?-..-(UN*TIL*/-..-(I*MOVED*TO*? -NYC>/-..&*GOT*OVER*MYE*FANT*ASY*?_>>FOR*EAT*ING*AT*?_>>_(TRADER- POEM*THIRT*EEN*/-: -JOE’S!?)-..-&*_(GARDEN*UV’*EDEN!?)-..-WHICH*IS*RUN*/-..-BYE*ITALIAN*BELL*- O*FELLOW*/-..-THAT*HAS*NICE*/-..-BI*CUSP’S*PED’S(!)?-..&*SELLS*/-(BARB*E*C UED*CHICKEN’S(!)? -&*GIVES*/-(?)-..10%*OFF*?_>>(FOR*STUDENT’S/-ON*SAT*- UR*DAYS(!)?-..-BUT*THEN*A*GAIN*/-..-(SHE*SAY’S/-..-”THANK*GOOD*NESS*W- POEM*FOUR*TEEN*/-: E*HAVE*NO*DOG*/-..-(TO*FEED*CHICKEN*BONE’S!!!!?)-..&*I*THANK*ED*HER! (????)-..-I*M*STILL*THINK*ING*OF*-(WACO*MAMA*HOVER*ING*/-..WF’-(CAN* )?-..-*UV*-(DOG*FOOD*/-..N’*-(HER*ATTIC*/-..EATING*DOG*FOOD(!)?-..-BUT*T- HEN*A*GAIN(!?)-..-IN*MORRIS*TOWN*ATTIC*/-..ONE*COULD*DO*/-OTHER*TH POEM*FIF*TEEN*/-: -ING’S?-..-IN*HER*ATTIC*/-..-WF’*HER*HAV*ING*TEN*CHILD*REN*AL*READY(!?) -&*BORED*/-..-(WF’*THE*PROCESS!)?-..-COURSE*ANY*THING’S/-..-BETTER*THAN- *EAT*ING*ANY*THING*/-..THAN*/-(DOG*FOOD*IN*MORRIS*TOWN*ATTIC!?)? -SHE*SAID*/--.-(THAT*I*SAID*WHAT!?)-..-ABOUT*THE*OPERA*/-..-WHEN*LUCI*P- POEM*SIX*TEEN*/-: AVROTTI*/-..WAS*BORN*IN*ITALY(!?)-..&*I*BORN*IN*OK*LA*HOMA*/-WE*NE ARLY*-BORN*MINUTES*APART(!?)-..&*WHO*HAD*BEST*CULT*URE*D*BEGIN*IN -G(!)-..-*GUESS*(!)?-..-(GET”S*THE*JACK*POT!)?-&*ONCE*I*HEARD*A*PROOF*R-EAD*ER*SAY*/-..-(I*THINK*/-..-GUSTAF*CLIM*PT*/-..WAS*A*NAZI(!)-..-I*SAY*BU POEM*SEVEN*TEEN/-: T*HIS*/-..*ART*TRANS*CEND’S*&*TRANSGRESS*’S/-..-HIT*LER’S*POL*I*TIC’S(!)? -&*(MAMA*WACO’S/-..-STILL’S*HIDE*ING/-..-IN*M.*ATTIC(!)?-..-EAT*ING*DOG*- FOOD*WF’/-..-DE*BONES(!)?-..-(&*THEY*HAVE*FOUND*SKELETON’S*BONES*A- AIN*DOWN*IN*ARCH*E*LOG*I*CAL*DIG(!)?-..-DOWN*IN*NO.*CARO*LINA*? POEM*EIGHT*TEEN/-: -ANOTHER*PIT*BULL*/-..WENT*CRAZY*/-..&*MAUL*ED*A*MASTER’S*2YEAR*OL D*BABY(!)/-..UP*IN*/-..-(THE*BRONX!)?-..-BECAUSE*THE/-(*BABY*WANTED*TO*E -AT*IT’S*DOG*FOOD(!!)?-..-HEAVEN*HELP*US(!!!!!????)-..-&*SHE*SAID*WHAT*(?) -THAT*I*WUZ*A*LIAR*(!)?-..-SHE*SHOULD*KNOW*BETTER*/-..(WACO*MOMA*- POEM*NINE*TEEN/-: -*SHOULD*(!?)-..SSHE’S*BEEN*/-(PROOF*READ*ING*TOO*MUCH!?)-..-MAY*BE*- NEED’S*TO*/-..-GET*OUT*/-..-(IN*THE*SUN*SHINE*MORE!)?_..-&*QUIT*EAT*IN- *G/-..SO*MUCH*DOG*FOOD*/-..AT*LEAST*NOT*/-..-FROM*-(TRADER*JOE’S!?). -SHE*SHOULD*GO/-..-TO*SHOP*RITE*/-..WHER*MARYLN*LAZARIS/-..-HAS*TWO- POEM*TWENTY/-: *FEET*ON*HER*GROUND(!)?-..-&*I*SAY*NAP*OL*EON/-..-HAD*THE*RIGHT*WA Y/-..-OF*CON*QUEST(!?)-..-TO*MAKE*THE*HISTORY*/-..-(*BOOK’S!!!!?)-..-UNTIL*- BEETHOVEN*/-..-DROP*HIS*MUSI*CAL*SUPPORT*POLITI*CAL*LY*SPEAK*ING*& CHANGE*ING/-..-HIS*NINTH*SYM*PHO*NY/-.._(ECAUSE*HE*FOUND*OUT*NA- POEM*TWENTY*ONE/--: POL*EON/-..-*SUC*CEED*ED/-..FOR*FRANCE*/-..-&*NOT*FOR*THE*PEOPLE(!)?-?- -RE*DED*I*CATED/-..-(THE*PIECE!)?-..-BUT*THEN*AGAIN*/-..-*GIANT’S*IN*FLUE- NCE*REAL*-AITY(!?)-..-&*IT*IS*SAID*/-..ALL*DOG’S/-..-(HAVE*THEIR*DAY/-..-&*N IGHT*/-..-I*(SUPPOSE/-..-(BARKING*AT*THE*BLUE*MUSE*KISS*ING/-..0LD*MAN- POEM*TWENTY*TWO/-: IN*THE*MOON*/-..-LIKE*BELLY*ACHE*ING8/-..-&*SING*ING*ONE’S*WILD*NES -S*/-..-TO*BE*FREE(!)?-..-WF’*MEAT*HALA*TOSIS*BREATH(!)?-..-&*FEW*WORMS* DROP*PING*/-..-(FROM*THEIR*TONG*UE”S?)_..-CAN’T*MENT*ION*/-..THAT*TO -LIL*LIAN*COCH*RAN*/-..-MYE*GRAND*?_(BECAUSE*SHE*?_>>_WAS*BORN*N POEM*TWENTY*THREE/-: `dallas*/-..in*1898?_>>kin*To*-(george*wash*ing*TON/-..via*Mariag- e*/-..-(&*WAS*A*/-..FUNNY*LOOK*ING*LIL*OLE*THING/-..-4’!!”/-..wf*triple*a shoes*/-..-(&*Basket*ball’s/-..for*breast’s/-.._-*ACT*U*ALLY*LOOKED*LIKE *HIM*?_-&*(HAD*A*TERRIBLE*TEM*PER!)?_-WF”*HER*THIM*BLE?_READY*TO*TH -UMP*?_-THE*GRAND*CHILD*REN?_._(IF*THEY*DID*N’t*MIND*/-..HER*VOICE?) -fini(!?) 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