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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Mar 14, 2026 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

'72 El Camino

Lying on the beach with her,
looking up at the night sky,

the rusted chrome bumper
on our car above in the lot

seemed farther away
than the stars in Orion’s belt.

— Michael Anthony, Mar 14, 2026

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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Critiques

Geezer

Geezer

2 months 3 weeks ago

I truly appreciate...

a night such as that! I remember a couple really special ones... but chrome fender? I'm trying to picture that; bumper yeah, but fender? Beside all that, this piece is very good for its economy of words yet losing none of the intensity of the moment. ~ Geez.

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