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In your 53rd year, you begin
to make assessments.
In the "profound moments" column
you list two births,
one death, and this
moment on the Wabash Ave. bridge
the Chicago River below, the sun
hot on your face, the cool
Lake Michigan breeze feels
like being loved, no less
than a first breath
or a last.
© by Albert DeGenova.
Used with the author's permission.
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Albert DeGenova is an award-winning poet, publisher, teacher, and blues saxophonist. Recipient of an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, he is the author of five books of poetry and two chapbooks. Al is the founder of After Hours Press and co-editor of After Hours magazine, a journal of Chicago writing and art launched in June of 2000. In 2022, After Hours Press published the highly acclaimed poetry anthology, Wherever I’m At. Al is currently Executive Director of Write On, Door County, and divides his time between the metro Chicago area and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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Lori Levy:
Beautiful.
Posted 11/19/2025 01:33 PM
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Larry Schug:
Once a good poem, always a good poem.
Posted 11/19/2025 11:53 AM
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jude, hey:
You always nail it Al, right down to the exhale; I can feel it.
~ Jude,hey.
Posted 11/23/2010 08:48 AM
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Ralph Murre:
Now, there's a poem, and there's a poet. Breathe on, Mother Lake, from the far U.P. to the Indiana Dunes, braethe on.
Posted 11/19/2010 10:05 PM
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