MORNING RAIN
falling rain
eyes closed
touching the skin
like pin points
without pain
forming lines
to the pavement
like tears
without sadness
LONG NIGHT
the horn
hemorrhaged
a few tired notes
into the dimly
lit club
a woman
wearing a red dress
rests her head
on a table
earlier she danced
feverishly,
speaking and laughing
now exhausted
she dreams
of the jazz
in her head
UNWANTED SISTER CITY
standing alone
low buildings
weak shadows
pealing billboards
discarded parts
rancid puddles
oil and water
the aroma of gas
escape was
a slow drip
night brings
its own blanket
Dr. Roger G. Singer is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut, and past president of the Connecticut Shoreline Poetry Chapter, in association with the Connecticut Poetry Society. He has had over 1,600 poems published on the internet, magazines and in books and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize Award Nominee.