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Category: San Francisco Poems

Sutro Tower San Francisco

If you had a face and arms

You would be God

Standing head and shoulders above the fog.

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David Vaszko God and Religion, San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 23, 2022September 6, 2022 1 Minute

J. P. Murphy Playground

Across from children’s playground

Twin Peaks loom in the silence.

Symbols of motherhood.

Raw, exposed, scary.

Making you feel you haven’t given birth.

There’s a cleavage in your breast, longing in your mouth.

In this park for toddlers,

Nurse your courage to rise above your heartbreak.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 21, 2022September 6, 2022 1 Minute

West Portal

Self-absorbed shoppers

Stiff and rigid as Davidson’s cross

Just a glance from grace.

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David Vaszko God and Religion, San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 1 Minute

From Grandview Park

George Washington High School glows at dusk,

A monument to the man: noble, restrained, solid;

The place to turn when aspiring buildings pull you no higher,

And you’re afraid to come down to earth.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 14, 2022September 6, 2022 1 Minute

J P Murphy Park San Francisco

Too raw to be sexual,

Twin Peaks loom like bloated breasts.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 9, 2022September 4, 2022 1 Minute

Union Square San Francisco

Hardly any lawn. No benches with backs.

We perch on this cold war plaza.

Cursing the riff raff.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 7, 2022September 3, 2022 1 Minute

Stowe Lake San Francisco

In a row on a log

Basking in the sun

Turtles show their shell to the world.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 3, 2022September 2, 2022 1 Minute

Morning in the Avenues

Trilling birds penetrate fading sleepiness

Waking residents to a new dawn

Daring them to go out on a limb

Purse their lips

Make love sounds to the world.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 1 Minute

Candlestick Park

They complained about the wind.
Willie said it isn’t hot.
They pissed and moaned and griped.
Willie told ’em: Learn to win with what you got.

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David Vaszko Baseball Poems, San Francisco Poems Leave a comment August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 1 Minute

Palace of the legion of honor

Not accessible to our heart,

We ooo! and aah! over your ostentatiousness,

Wishing you were ours,

So we could entertain 35 year old cuties,

Who appreciate us for our beauty.

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David Vaszko San Francisco Poems Leave a comment August 24, 2022August 17, 2022 1 Minute

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