tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27374815322208876402024-03-04T22:17:15.506-08:00Alan S. Kleiman PoetAlan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737481532220887640.post-507262798932692542018-03-20T09:10:00.002-07:002018-03-20T09:10:41.490-07:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For an autographed copy of my book </span><br />
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Grand Slam ($10) send a message to me at alkleiman@aol.com and i will send you pay pal info and be delighted to send the book ! Alan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737481532220887640.post-5391563089076131972016-06-29T23:46:00.001-07:002016-06-29T23:46:20.485-07:00DEW ETC.<h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 30px 0px 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel wet<br />not rain like but dew<br />like du, du liegst mir im Herzen do<br />like call me in the night do<br />like remember me in the darkness of the day do<br />like don’t leave any stone turned up do<br />like don’t without me do</span>Alan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737481532220887640.post-8768553768376742222014-11-19T10:43:00.001-08:002014-11-19T10:43:55.834-08:00COLD LIGHTS<div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRi7c-sShtNlWULmjrQU_iMti_3LKXyxtHSOZiBIYFWqqRC3Txu_scUs0TL1j_5h2HSJ7sL7RWrwF5HXwErRocd3oxYnObdPmDU-LU97TzRVtX9pTK8mFl1hDkD6aLP-tFs-lAdl22N2N/s640/blogger-image--297560922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">some go in rows </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">running away from me</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and others go in rows</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">perpendicular to me.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); 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color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Refreshment for the Soul</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">May 02, 2014</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Grand Slam is a delightful collection of poems that will touch your heart </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">and make you smile. Alan Kleiman’s poetry is unique in style and quirkiness, both thoughtful and entertaining. I keep his little book on my bedside table and reach for it whenever my soul needs some refreshment. I’m very happy to recommend it to readers.<br />COPIES OF MY BOOK ARE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON OR IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY AND FREE SHIPPING SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS to alkleiman@aol.com AND I'LL SEND A PAYPAL INVOICE AND THEN A BOOK!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061585771X/ref=pdp_new_dp_review" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061585771X/ref=pdp_new_dp_review</a></span>Alan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737481532220887640.post-19294689534604877522014-04-13T06:31:00.001-07:002014-04-13T07:25:11.083-07:00THE 23rd SONATA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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B<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">y the old dock<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Alan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737481532220887640.post-86202672955431550672013-10-02T03:35:00.002-07:002013-11-29T03:47:49.003-08:00BODY WHISPERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">M</span>y bird chews quietly by the humming sounds<br />
the cars outside passing between lights<br />
the fan on the computer
singing a steady drone<br />
a door opening and closing as one leaves a room<br />
saying I'm settling in<br />
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I read some poems of the famous<br />
I listened to them speak their magic
on colored videos<br />
with talk show host<br />
I saw these poets with their hairs
all combed<br />
and dressed up in poet clothes<br />
with hems and cuffs<br />
that skimmed the ground<br />
where we would step<br />
<br />
I was listening to my bird<br />
chew a seed<br />
and push one kernel aside<br />
to find its favorite<br />
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You see, I had entered the holy room<br />
where sometimes<br />
on a clear day<br />
a few words of my own<br />
come together<br />
and I smell my body whispering<br />
poet.<br />
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(c) Alan S. Kleiman 2013<br />
published: <i>The Lake</i> (UK) - 2013Alan Kleimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277469953873812052noreply@blogger.com0