Thursday, November 27, 2025: Rick Lupert's "A Whole Day Has Gone By" and "A Day at Sea"

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Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. He created PoetrySuperHighway.com and hosted the Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years (which lives on as a virtual series). His 29 collections of poetry include “God Wrestler” and “High Moose Alert.” He edited the anthologies  “A Poet’s Siddur”, “A Poet’s Haggadah”,“The Night Goes on All Night.” and “Ekphrastia Gone Wild.” Rick works as a music teacher and graphic designer. He writes a weekly Jewish poetry column for jewishjournal.com and can also be found online at jewishpoetry.net. He’s fond of his wife, their son, and cats.



A Whole Day Has Gone By 


A whole evening has gone by

and we’ve found more ways to

put food inside of us.

I thought we were running

out of room but the miracle

of vacation stomachs is here.

Addie’s ankle may or may not

be injured and we’re hoping she

doesn’t have to be airlifted to Miami.

All of our previous cruise injury

experience involves someone being

airlifted to Miami.

We went to a children’s disco where

they didn’t play any disco, and

one child perpetually screamed.

Tomorrow night is the adult disco

which should be exactly as it sounds.

My groove thing is prepared to shake.

But not before a day in Akita, where

they invented that particular dog and

the sake is older than America.




A Day At Sea


We sleep in because

a day at sea does not

require any specific time.


Our breakfast staff

is waiting for us, even

at this late hour.


Hours will pass until

our appointment with

the glasses of wine.


After which the afternoon

will be spent telling you things

only the wine knows.


Back in America

they are dismantling America.

Only a few more days


of these indulgences

before I go back home

and see what I can do.


© Rick Lupert

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