Poetry — January 16, 2012 13:20 — 1 Comment

Acrostic: Idioglossia – Danny Earl Simmons

I said,
Did you hear me?
I said, did you hear me!
Oh, my God!  You are not
going to close off!  You never
listen!  All you ever do is tune me
out!  I can’t believe the total disrespect you
show me.  Listen, all I was saying is that, in
spite of your macho, negative attitude,
I want us to go to counseling
again.

Bio:

Danny Earl Simmons is an Oregonian and a proud graduate of Corvallis High School. He has loved living in the Mid-Willamette Valley for over 30 years. He is a friend of the Linn-Benton Community College Poetry Club and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Albany Civic Theater. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Avatar Review, Summerset Review, Poetry Quarterly, Gold Man Review, Full of Crow Poetry, Burning Word, Other Rooms, Pale Horse Review, Toe Good Poetry, and Pirene’s Fountain.

One Comment

  1. Paula Tohline Calhoun says:
    January 21, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Excellent, Dan! Brought a wry smile to my face. Glad to see your work is “out here/there!”

    Reply

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Glamour
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