SAN FRANCISCO POETS

Peter Sherburn-Zimmer

Broadway Queen of 2004 In the morning I hit the pavement. Three hours of stands. Just waiting. If it's cold, I take a doorway for a while. Never talk to kids, I look people straight in the eye. "Can you help me." That's all I say, Nothing more. Old man came by yesterday, Didn't look like much. Took the block next to mine. No problem. Didn't get much myself, but I watched. Old man too new at this. People, most people, are straight about it. They ignore if they have to, Say sorry if they can't. Sometimes I get a stare. Sometimes even a mumble. I ain't got no sad story to tell. My hard times are my own. I guess people tell themselves a philosophy or two to keep their distance from me. The old man probably Won't be back tomorrow. He doesn't have enough experience being worthless.   © Peter Sherburn-Zimmer,   Leaves in the Grate for Tony Vaughan - Oct.1,2008) Enchantment  for Dan Harrington,- Dec. 1, 2009 Poets 11 Finale Peter Sherburn Zimmer 2013 filmed by the San Francisco International Poetry Library	"The Poet" Peter Sherburn-Zimmer reading at Cafe Trieste photo: Leonardas Surgalia   what may a poem be? a poem may be the exposed bone and its raw flesh, or a child's toy in the room with no corner a watch and intense living or the architectural interstices of a tough mind. simple, rich shared awareness every stitch a sample of enchantment...      © Peter Sherburn-Zimmer
Current Bio: butterfly, anarchist, pacifist, agnostic. slum kid with a Ph.D.  former academic, retired philosopher....in SF this time since 93, 1st time 67; 1st poem, 1963...some degrees. some friends. then 3 children. 2 poetry books [Selected Poems, 2004-1005 and Approximations] and Poetry: Open to Interpretation [Wallace Stevens].  former recluse. Published in anthologies and broadsides by Rothenberg [Jerome], Vince Storti, Ronald Sauer & Rebecca Peters, Fanny Renor, Neeli Cherkovski, SF Public Library.   Just likes to write, listen to his friends and read... and talk to people on the bus. Our beloved friend Peter Sherburn Zimmer departed this world on February 17, 2019.   Back to San Francisco Art and Poetry Events
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