Tag: museums

A Dialogue by G. et al.

Dec 11, 2020

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Andrew Porteus

in Doggerel, Niagara Falls Poems, Niagara Falls Poetry, Niagara History & Folklore

G.: The best remark is silence. H.: Then, pray, why do you break it? Y.: For the same reason that you do; Because ’tis hard to speak it. Anonymous: On memory’s page two things will never fade — Niagara Falls and Barnett’s lemonade! Source: Table Rock Album and Sketches of the Falls and Scenery Adjacent. Buffalo: Steam Press…
The Assassination of John Lennon as Depicted by the Madame Tussaud Wax Museum, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 1987 by David Wojahn

Nov 9, 2017

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Andrew Porteus

in Biographical Poems, Niagara Falls Poems, Niagara Falls Poetry

Smuggled human hair from Mexico Falls radiant around the waxy O Of her scream. Shades on, leather coat and pants, Yoko On her knees — like the famous Kent State photo Where the girl can’t shriek her boyfriend alive, her arms Windmilling Ohio sky. A pump in John’s chest heaves To mimic death throes. The…