Adam Rosenkranz


On The Way to Portland


Somewhere East
Of Rilke, but West

Of Cecil Taylor, 
In between Roy

Cohen and William
Kunstler, Hannah's above

The Think World,
Below the Do World,

And we, you and I,
Are ranting on the planes

Of Existence about Rand and Hubbard.  
It seems the easy 

Thing to do, indulging in
The tension of an argument.

I levitate, I digress,
But if you must label me, 

Label me a socialist
Libertarian, a vegetarian 

Who eats fish, 
A Quaker Buddhist 

With Jewish leanings.
Or you can call me

Ed.
While I shred 

The White Pages,
Who will man

The dictionary,
Who will marry

The woman who womans
The encyclopedia?

As you know,
It’s the age

Of dematerialization,
My brain is out shopping

For a new jar.
I cannot find my thoughts,

But names ring bells,
Go where angels

Fear to breed, 
Fill my vacuum.



Textbooks to Buy for the Fall Semester


Micromeaning

Macromeaning

Hypermeaning

American Meaning in the 19th Century

Meaning in California

Elementary Meaning

Intermediate Meaning for Accountants

Meaning in the Culinary Arts

How to Propose a Meaning

Meaning before Columbus

Meaning after Trump

Successful Meanings

A Scientist’s Guide to Meaning

Sally and Meaning go to the Store

Meaning, Civics and You

One Act Meanings

The Audiologist’s Guide to Meaning

A Child’s First Meaning

How to be NICE to Meaning

Meaning for VIVISECTIONISTS

Introduction to the Lack of Meaning



Adam Rosenkranz has worked as librarian in Southern California for the last thirty years.  He 
has many stray poems in his house and two stray manuscripts.
 
 

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