Second Floor
A guitar
with a sad sound
creates a shadow
with a soul
a spirit song
blending within
the air
in a room on
the second floor
overlooking traffic
where the usual
stick figures
battle below
within the
stream of
unremembered
faces
lacking interest
yet
directing themselves
forward
to the store
or the corner
some returning
others are nevermore
to pass under
the second floor
window
and the guitar
He Was Here
And then…
he was gone
he took with him
his voice
and crooked smile
his welcoming eyes
and calm purpose
to all he met
he left behind
his favorite hat
a pen for writing
a few books
and a cat and dog
that still look for him
sorrow fills in hard
the void at first
flooding cherished
memories into corners
of what remains
Dr. Singer has been in private practice for 38 years in upstate New York. He has four children, Abigail, Caleb, Andrew and Philip and six 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 has over 950 poems published on the internet, magazines and in books and is a Pushcart Award Nominee. Some of the magazines that have accepted his poems for publication are: Westward Quarterly, Jerry Jazz, SP Quill, Avocet, Underground Voices, Outlaw Poetry, Literary Fever, Dance of my Hands, Language & Culture, The Stray Branch, Tipton Poetry Journal and Indigo Rising, Down in the Dirt, Fullosia Press, Orbis, Penwood Review, Subtle Tea, Ambassador Poetry Award, Massachusetts State Poetry Society, Louisiana State Poetry Society Award.