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    A Poet's Dilemma
    A Poet's Dilemma
    A Poet's Dilemma
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    A Poet's Dilemma

    By Dennis Domrzalski

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    A collection of crazy and funny poems that have nothing to do with angst, depression, suicide or sticking one's head in an oven. Includes such epics as I Got Stinky Feet, Fat People's Poem and Linda, A Strange Love Poem. Guaranteed to make you laugh.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLogan Square Press
    Release dateFeb 12, 2012
    ISBN9780985181314
    A Poet's Dilemma
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    Dennis Domrzalski

    Dennis Domrzalski's greatest talent is helping everyone he meets come to grips with their own glaring shortcomings.He's been a reporter, author and editor since 1979. The native Chicagoan began his career at the fabled City News Bureau of Chicago. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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      A Poet's Dilemma - Dennis Domrzalski

      A Poet’s Dilemma

      By Dennis Domrzalski

      Published by Logan Square Press

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Dennis Domrzalski

      ISBN:978-0-9851813-1-4

      Discover other titles by Dennis Domrzalski at Smashwords.com:

      I Got Stinky Feet, Volume One: Open Air Asylum

      I Got Stinky Feet, Volume Two: Fools, Losers and Idiots

      Raped: Memories of a Catholic Altar Boy

      She Read too Much

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      A Poet’s Dilemma

      Truth

      Love Never Dies

      Pain

      Cocoa and Iced Tea

      Heat

      Coming to Grips

      Oops!

      Achieving Greatness

      Good Sense

      Eyes

      Letting Go

      Ambrosia

      Song to Benjamin

      A New Year’s Eve Desire

      Take the Money and Run

      Ballroom Teacher Dunagan

      Thank You, Ballroom Dunagan

      Missing Ballroom Dunagan

      Fat People’s Poem

      Crime Reporter’s Poem

      I Got Stinky Feet

      Slimy Justice

      Love and Pain

      Linda

      About the Author

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      Introduction

      A long time ago I wanted to be a poet, a real poet who saw gloom everywhere, who could look at a gurgling, smiling baby or a meadow of beautiful and fragrant flowers and want to commit suicide. I wanted to write real poetry, poetry that literary critics, creative writing professors and real poets would approve of; poems about death, disease, hunger, depression, war, deceit, greed, poverty, abuse, jealousy and degradation.

      I practiced at being a poet. Every time someone laughed, I scolded them and reminded them that someday they would die. I wept constantly and wrote deep, meaningful and depressing lines that no one could understand. I went to department stores and checked out ovens to see which would be best for sticking my head in and turning on the gas. I damned the sun and its light. I brooded and worked up an anger and depression about everything. I fantasized that my poetry would depress the entire world—every single human being on the planet—and that we’d see mass suicides!

      I was on my way to being a poet!

      Then something happened. One day I sat down with a pen and note pad to write more depressing drivel, and nothing but absurdity came out. I started laughing and enjoying life—I even patted babies on their heads and smiled at them—and realized that I was too normal to ever be a real poet.

      Since then I have studied poets and have come

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