Dreams and Demons Series

Highway 17 Revisited With A Hearse Full Of Grandkids

“I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.” – Graham Greene, The Quiet American

5 AM, chopper skids

front of the draft bus,

scooters smash out headlights,

my trigger finger

curses at the driver’s brain

so Marines won’t reach

Oakland’s Induction Center 

then Nam.

Fender mind-bending Shut-It-Down

insurrection, how amazing

that I didn’t land in jail 

or worse.

Field Of Dreams Haiku  

a. Mean Streets

Country rube, empty grocery bags got stole right from my shopping cart. 

b. Toxic Fields 

For health this rag pile ran in asbestos, ate brown rice grown in arsenic.

BIO:

Gerard Sarnat’s academic work has appeared in publications at Harvard, Stanford, Oberlin, among many. His poetry has been featured in the LA Times, NY Times, Pandemonium Press and others.

As an activist working with marginalized populations, he wrote his first book, Homeless Chronicles and followed with two collections Disputes, and Melting the Ice King. Additionally, Mr. Sarnat has received honors and awards domestically and internationally including the Pushcart.