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Ralph Melcher

Ralph Melcher
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Birthday
April 13
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Writer
Company
Arclist
Bio
Ralph Melcher is an essayist living and working in Santa Fe New Mexico.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2008 10:13PM

Creative Space

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Creative Space

 

 

There is nothing in this world I could not do without

 

except the air

 

therefore everything is a surprise

 

A poetry reading given by friends.

 

The back room at the Agora supermarket,

 

working class Hispanic humor.

 

One brother in Cleveland

 

a pessimist

 

works in a boatyard

 

another brother in Vancouver

 

an artist

 

a sister who loves dogs

 

An old girlfriend married to a jazz musician

 

another dead by suicide

 

Essays written and sent online

 

poems at four o'clock in the morning

 

Groceries ordered by wholesale

 

Stocking

 

Thinking

 

Buddhist monks

 

Country western music

 

Movies and politics

 

Life is lived somewhere inbetween

 

the middle path


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spirit, creativity, poetry

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thank you - I really enjoyed this poem. Life is indeed somewhere along that middle path. I like your country-western zen vibe.