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After staring down the final period at the end of a great novel and closing the cover on that world of experiences—   Lately I wake up with that feeling… more →

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POEM 041/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 6 months ago: After staring down the final period at the end of a great novel and closing the cover on that world … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, Ennui, Books

POEM 040/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 6 months ago: Whenever the train enters a tunnel I can see silver fingerprints on the black window   Maybe I … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Subway, Drinking, transit, Poetry, Poem, Ennui

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 6 months ago: Directly in front of me is a vacant subway seat   I long to feel that way   … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Subway, Zen, Poetry, vacant, Serene, Short Poems

POEM 038/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 6 months ago: If I died this afternoon   —let us imagine I will be jostled off this subway platform grimy wit … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Toronto, regret, Poetry, Poem, existentialism, tao, Meaning of Life, tragedy

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 7 months ago: While our society endlessly debates the definitions of love and marriage, no one is working on a wor … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, poverty, Urban Poverty, Same Sex Marriage, definitions of love, sour milk smell

POEM 035/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 7 months ago: Her clothes look so unhappy to be worn by her … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, Fashion, Clothes, miserable

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 8 months ago: The coffee became bitter as it cooled, forgotten behind a potted sprig of catnip … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Coffee, Poetry, Poem, Catnip!, Bitter

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 8 months ago: Your right eye and my left meet over the ridge of the pillow   A rising star, a setting sun and … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Love, Poetry, Poem, summer night, Air Conditioner, bed, Setting Sun, Rising Star

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 8 months ago: This is the point in the bus ride —the down slope of the bridge— when I grow disdainful of any book … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, TTC, Etobicoke, Poetry, Poem, Public Transit, bus ride, Transportation, dirty window

POEM 031/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 8 months ago: Work completed for the day he leans all his weight  on the door frame and wipes his brow   … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, schadenfreude, Poetry, Poem, Workman, Lonely, LONESOME, Dinner, Sadness

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 8 months ago: This anxiety that I’ve forgotten something I should feel an acute anxiety over … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Mental Health, Poetry, Poem, anxiety

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 9 months ago: Reading Takuboku he reveals the pine needles of his life but not the forest, not the trees   … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, Japanese, takuboku, Poet

POEM 028/100

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 9 months ago: Komorebi — Japanese for light dappled through trees   Such delicate beauty until the leaves tur … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Change of Seasons, Poetry, Poem, komorebi, short, Japanese, Vocabulary

POEM 027/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 9 months ago: There’s a specific type of pity I hold in reserve for teenage girls, uglier than their mothers … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, Body Image, mother/daughter, Male Gaze, Social Norms

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 10 months ago: It was a Thursday, I think, the day I felt so desperate for companionship I skived off work to go re … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Toronto, pet shop boys, Poetry, Poem, Grasshopper, skiving off, record store, companionship

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 10 months ago: One leg drags in filthy, torn pants fingers tremble when not balled into a fist his mouth berates th … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Toronto, starbucks, Mental Health, Poetry, Poem, city, Homeless, Downtown

POEM 023/100 — 1 comment

Jakob Rehlinger wrote 10 months ago: It must say something about this city— I only find solitude reading a book on the subway … more →

Tags: A Dapper Life, Subway, transit, Poetry, Poem, Books, Reading, Privacy, seclusion

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 10 months ago: Reclined in a patio chair a crisp pilsner in a cool green bottle the lake breeze kisses the necks of … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, summer, Pilsner, Patio, Ennui, existentialism, patio chair

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Jakob Rehlinger wrote 10 months ago: Bright plumage to attract a mate Camouflage to elude a predator —So many people choose the wrong opt … more →

Tags: 100 Short Poems, Poetry, Poem, Street Fashion, clothing, Human Sexuality, Camouflage, bright plumage


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