Poetry by

Michael Varga

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July 15, 2025

Better To Die At Home

So many owner-less animals, They forage among broken bricks. Were they soldiers’ pets at the base? Are those troops still fighting or laid...


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April 8, 2025

What My Albatross Steals

Storms are a delight for my albatross. This diver sails giddy on gusts, soaring over volcanoes Threatening to erupt, unspooling lava fields That...


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March 25, 2025

The Wounded Gazelle Look

After you depart, I act on your request: To a mountaintop or to the Ganges. To seek a Somewhere for ashes to scatter....


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September 3, 2024

The Bunny on Wilton Drive

A sculptor shares his Thunder Bunny. The Blueness of it hints of hidden graces. Pedestrians pass it daily, hardly looking, And to them,...


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September 18, 2003

A Camel-Trader’s Gift

Hot beams curl ‘round horses’ flanks, Bright arcs branded deep into fly-buzzed flesh, And as I tread afraid a camel-trader sketches A sign...


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September 20, 1984

when Black poets congregate

When Black poets congregate I try to hide the gift Pocketed out of Africa. Like a heavy phallus, Smooth and used to pounding...


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September 20, 1982

For A Lover, Unseen

Not your hands, my love, nor your ordered caresses so long elating my split heart free of its splintered crutch, widening a soul’s...