The Sunday Poem: “Unsettled” by Roger Singer

July 2nd, 2023

The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.

Roger Singer reads his poem at its conclusion.

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Unsettled

he was
a flightless bird
bright as sky
full of natural lies
and sweet conflict
when speaking the
jazz
from dreams
and the corners
where he cried
the good and bad
in spirit words
from a
background past
drowned in the
space between
the then
and the this

Listen to Roger Singer read his poem

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Dr. Roger Singer was in private practice for 38 years in upstate New York. He has four children, Abigail, Caleb, Andrew and Philip and seven grandchildren. Dr. Singer has served on multiple committees for the American Chiropractic Association, lecturing at colleges in the United States, Canada and Australia, and has authored over fifty articles for his profession and served as a medical technician during the Vietnam era. Dr. Singer is the Poet Laureate of Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has had over 1,070 poems published on the Internet, magazines and in books and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize Award Nominee. He is also the President of the Shoreline Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society.

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Russell duPont is an artist and an author whose artwork is included in a number of public and private collections. He has published three novels, King & Train , Waiting for the Turk and Movin’ On, the sequel to King & Train; two books of poetry; and two non-fiction chapbooks. His essay, “The Corner,” is included in the anthology Streets of Echoes. His work has been published in various newspapers and literary magazines. He was the founder & publisher of the literary magazine, the albatross.

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