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Almost Home
Adrian Matejka

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/almost-home-adrian-matejka-poem

“Almost Home,” by Adrian Matejka

Poetry by Adrian Matejka: “Bob Kaufman loved San Francisco’s / gentle malaise, long views of bay / & insistent bridge, the ocean right after.”

The New Yorker

damian entwistle Apr 20, 2024

Today's poem:

17 Kinds of Hungry
by Adrian Matejka

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/748269619620544512/17-kinds-of-hungry?source=share

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#fragrant #escape

17 Kinds of Hungry

Adrian Matejka Until around sundown, the surviving lilies in the yard stay wide open, like the window of a car passing on a hot day. No music from the flowers, but they smell like somebody’s fragran…

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damian entwistle Feb 25, 2023

Today's poem:

October Sonnet
- by Adrian Matejka

https://at.tumblr.com/ukdamo/october-sonnet/9opzogmkw5ta

#poetry #october #wind #weather #chicago #seasons #AdrianMatejka