Don Schaeffer's Poems

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December 29, 2009

The First Inkling of Need

December 24, 2009

Somatica

December 21, 2009

Thankfulness Prayer

December 20, 2009

In Siona's House

December 15, 2009

Somewhere Else

December 15, 2009

Season's Greetings

December 11, 2009

Post Apocalypse in Polo Park*

December 06, 2009

Why There Are Shrouds

December 05, 2009

1875

December 05, 2009

The First Swim

December 03, 2009

My Abraham Dream

November 23, 2009

Bus Ride with the Office Crowd

November 23, 2009

What It's Like To Be a Family

November 19, 2009

Awake in the Depth of the Night

November 16, 2009

The Encounter Dream

November 13, 2009

The Wedding Scene in Oklahoma

November 11, 2009

Movie about the Sea

November 09, 2009

Meditation

November 06, 2009

What We Now Call Don

November 01, 2009

The Spider in the Window Frame

October 31, 2009

Self Concept on Halloween

October 28, 2009

Tuesday Poems

October 22, 2009

Monday

October 17, 2009

Color

October 17, 2009

The Hours

October 09, 2009

Kisses

October 06, 2009

Joyce at 35

October 02, 2009

The Torrent Brought About by One Yes

October 01, 2009

The Ultimate Measuring Instrument

September 25, 2009

Incident on the #24

September 24, 2009

Basement Bedroom Man

September 21, 2009

What the Unauthentic Man Answers

September 19, 2009

Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes

September 13, 2009

Ride to the North East Corner

September 10, 2009

Progress Report

September 05, 2009

The Can't Eat Lullaby

September 01, 2009

August 31, 2009

Don's First Social Law

August 28, 2009

To Those of You Who Asked

August 25, 2009

Bus Stop

August 22, 2009

Like Jack Kerouac

August 20, 2009

Quote from the Brochure

August 16, 2009

Rapids at Pinawa

August 15, 2009

Taking to the Road Late in Life

August 04, 2009

La La La

August 04, 2009

Family Tree

August 03, 2009

Honor Society

Takes Not Much

An Extended Photo Caption

Gigi: Portrait from a WebCam Photo

A Compendium of Daydreams

Sunny Morning

Not Bringing Souvenirs

Making it Harder and Easier

Overpopulation of Spirit

The Transformers

Dreams of a Dying Man

The Recluse' Argument

On Seeing "Truman Capote"

The Looking Glass Corridor

Butcher's Scale

Kurt Lewin's Visions

Rachel's Sister*

Casino

Status Report

Note to the Killers of Flies

Horsefly

Moon and Fly

Early Summer Storm

007

North American Culture

Notes of a Jewish Vampire

A Moment in May

Tuesday

Theories of Knowledge

The Not Quite Right Woman

Entwinement

The Idea of a Stranger

Magic Word Gods of the Forest

Social Class in North America

Sentiment

Consequences of Flood

Ghost Movie

Paralysis of Discarded History

The Discovery of Defeat

To Alice Wickenheiser

Memorium for Dead Spiders

Medical headline

April

The Bond Artiste

The Blanket Around a Stranger

A Bend in the World

Meeting with the Judge

The Tall Buildings

The Flu

Danger Dream

Family Visits

Vaudeville

Pesty Old Pet

Nancy Clark

Two Native Guys Meet on the Bus

Bill Paying Day

Visit by Egyptian Musicians

My First Indoor Game of Marbles

The Washcloth

Spring Starts (was Getting Into Smitty's)

February 27, 2009

A Stranger Who Melts into Acquaintance

February 24, 2009

For Charity

February 24, 2009

Anhedonia

February 21, 2009

The Hair Cut

February 21, 2009

Adolescence

February 19, 2009

A Glimpse

February 10, 2009

The Shopping Mall Playland

February 10, 2009

Restless but Destructive Intellect

February 05, 2009

Existential Me

February 05, 2009

Cartoons

February 03, 2009

In Front of the Love Dealer

February 02, 2009

Now's the Chance

January 31, 2009

Little Italian Man's Journey

January 22, 2009

Ninety Seconds at KP

January 20, 2009

Turning Point of the Story

January 19, 2009

Conversation of Youthful Couple

January 15, 2009

Oliver Twist's Friends

January 13, 2009

Tuesday

January 13, 2009

Rescue

January 13, 2009

Seeing Cats from My Life

January 10, 2009

Note to the Distracted

January 09, 2009

Something About Mugs

January 05, 2009

Lady with Sparkles on Her Shirt