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A. E. H.
(1859-1939)
Hausman pines in pain,
Nevermore to gain
Friends that once sat nearLaughing over eer!
Friends and "ove #or"orn$
%etter not e orn&han comp"ain in verse,
'ver-taut and terse!
8-3-
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A Family Visit
+our prison is a tom, vau"ted, mar"e room
here .our /an spirit "ives,
0enied the peace death gives!
nd no/ .our spirit goes
n shrouded co##in c"othes
cross the headstones #or
+our rother2s porta" door!
His ne/ /i#e sees .ou c"earnd screams! He2s here, he2s here4
+our #ormer /i#e /as hernd he, .our murderer!
6-6-96
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A Flat in Paddington
&he cit. spreads its streets "i7e "ong
&entac"es that stretch and t/ine,s "ooming vi" /eaves a /eed design
round the ust"ing, London throng!
%ut North o# ar"e rch is "ea7:raed ;treet, /here the shado/s g"oom,
nd ;o"ar :ons sits musing in his room
'# crimina"s he2"" sut". see7!
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A Plea
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vanescent". "urred, ha"# e.ond reca"",
Her voice do/n a midnight ha""
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gnore #or no/
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. u. de aupassant (185-1893)
First ng"ish trans"ation
#romDes Vers(188)*
A 2oman7s 2or3 is Ne8er 9one
t ta7es a "ot o# trou"e and toi" #orgetting .ou,
%ut ever.od. sa.s 2"" #ind me someone,
%ut 2ve een /or7ing overtime on .our memor.@
/oman2s /or7 is never done!
t ta7es a "ot o# "aor and e##ort to greet the da.,
t ta7es a "ot o# courage to #ace the sun,
t ain2t eas. ut 2"" e getting up one more time@ /oman2s /or7 is never done!
2ve strugg"ed hard to ma7e a "i#e as i# there2s rea"". nothing /rong!
nd ever.od. do/n at /or7 respects me, and the. sa. do e"ong!
t ta7es a "ot o# practice at home to get things right,
#ishing po"e
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%e.ond .our pett. "i#e and p"ace$
spe"" that spans space!
His /or7 is even guaranteedBHe hasn2t got the greed
&o spin cheap magic "i7e some do,
;o "et him serve .ou!
198*
Aest%etes
:assion"ess poets, posturing so co"d
Cnmemora". prett., never o"d,
0ecadent, dream. poseurs on the stage
Cna"e to "augh, so or rage!1981
*
After E5plaining t%e 9raft to My Four-6ear $ld
n our nation2s #ina", #ata" stages
%e#ore our countr. #a""s
From co/ardice /ithin,'ur daughters die #or so"dier2s /ages!
nd /hen the ug"e ca""s
'ut taps@it sounds our sin!
3-15-86*
After !unset
&he reddened riot o# /ine-rich sun
;pi""s over s7ies o# a#ternoon,nd purp"ing-reds o# the da. no/ done
;p"ash4--then disso"ve, so soon!
nd sunset turns a vio"et gre.
iEing /ith t/i"ight2s magic "ur,
=evea"ing the #air.-shapes at p"a.,Listen4--to /ings2 so#t /hir!
11-1-9
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Agorap%o:ia
No /a""s4 Na7ed spacend panic orn o# openness,here /e con#ront "ove2s dread eEpanse!
%e/are4 &error-p"ace
'# #reedom /here our hearts undress,nd too much candor 7i""s =omance!
=etreat4 o
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nd sentiment (o"d-#ashioned) has a chance!
-61-81
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Aid
+ou /ere a #riend
&o the /ea7,No/ .ou pretend
+ou can2t spea7
&o the mee7!
No/ .ou2re too strong,
;o .ou sa.$
Li#e2s not too "ong--
n./a.$Let them pra.!
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Algae
reen, green s7ies o# ;ardantha,
&arnish the copper-red sun,nd the :rincess irantha,
Jno/s the cit. is done!
0oomed, doomed
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s /hen the greed. ghou"s are #ed!
1-13-G
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Alo%a !treet
&he others a"/a.s set her high
nd "atter dirtied her to die,Cnti" the on". thing #ound
as aro" cripp"ed on the ground!
"i#ter her a "itt"e "ateFor an. o# her "ove or hate,
hen a"" she /anted me to touch
ere tears that tric7"ed do/n her crutch!
nd /hen 7issed her mirror c"ean
'# a"" the images et/een
&omorro/ and the past she made,
#ound her Duivering and a#raid!
nd so #"ed the heav. g"oom
'# aro" in her #urnished room,
here must. memories sti"" #eedHer #ee"ings ti"" the. urst and "eed!
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Already Among 6ou
&hree hundred .ears is not too "ong a"iveB
&here2re some o# us /ho2ve "ived t/ice that4mmorta" race ui"t to sustain, survive,
ith p"astic one, s.nthetic s7in and #at!16--8
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Am ; My (rot%er7s
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An ;dle >uestion
+ou don2t agree!+ou never have, .ou 7no/,
gnoring poets ever. time!
Humanit.4+ou2ve "itt"e distance "e#t to go
%e#ore .ou /rea7 .our #ina" crime$
/inna"e nuc"ear /ar!(%. /hom>
'ur chi"dren as"eep in their room>)
8-31-86
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Ana%roni?e
;pit contempt at &ime!
rite rh.me,&hough rh.me is oso"ete
nd rings a doomed de#eat!
0ance a ig in p"ace
ith grace,
&o meter2s measured eat,
For #reedom "ies in shac7"es to poetic #eet!5--81
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And Always 2ill
&he morning "ampHas dried the damp
ur7. moonBnd da. has urned
&o red, and turned
0a/n to noon!
%ut co"ors shi#t
nd #a"" and "i#t
F"ags o# "ight,
nd men sti"" creepLi7e rats, and "eap
nto in7 night!
5-*
And (lind
&ime2s never s"o/,inutes, the. go
&ic7ing #ast,
F"oating, the. #"o/&o/ard the past!
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;econds, the. #a""
'ver &ime2s /a""
nto &hen,0ea# to the ca""
'# No/2s men!
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And ;7m Ne8er Going to @ea8e 6ou Girl
hen the .ears come do/n "i7e sno/#"a7es, and the. #"utter in .our e.es,2"" rise up "i7e the midnight sun and 2"" /arm .our /inter s7ies,
nd /arm .our /inter s7ies!
hen .our dreams disso"ve to ashes "a.ing co"d upon the stone,
2"" ui"d the iggest on#ire .our heart has ever 7no/n,+our heart has ever 7no/!
nd 2m never going to "eave .ou gir",
2m never going to "et .ou go!
hen the devi" comes 7noc7ing and .ou #orget to pra.,
2"" 7nee" right do/n eside .ou gir" and he"p .ou #ind .our /a.,
nd he"p .ou #ind .our /a.!nd /hen at "ast it2s over, our "ove /i"" sti"" survive
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And "%en Ma3e @o8e
2m g"ad o# pri" rain,
Jeeping us indoors
nside our ratt"ed /indo/ pane
hi"e the night storm pours!
&he rain2s a /inding sheet,
;hrouding up the nightB
nside /e drin7 and ta"7 and eat%. a #ire ui"t right!
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Anne *+0
+our heart is a #ord haven,
ove on a ragged coast,
nd 2m .our uccaneer,Li#ting a pirate toast!
. heart is a rigantine,&ossed . a corsair sea,
nd .ou are its #igurehead
arved #rom a p"iant tree!
5-15-G9*
Anne *0
.c"es spin
'ut and inLi7e ree"s
'# our "ove$irc"es o#
&/o /hee"s!
;i"ver smi"es,o"den mi"es
ith .ou,
Ie/e"ed .ears,
&inse"ed tears'# "ue!
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Anne *B0
Love2s more than #ee"ing, it2s /i""-po/er strained
&ense as a /ire, so p"easura".-pained!Love is decision, as #irm as our od2s,
0aring, de#iant o# a"" earth". odds!
Love is a #"o/er, ut #ashioned o# stone,
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=ugged, un/ithered, peta"s un"o/n!
Love isn2t poetr., "ove isn2t song!
Love2s in .our heat-tempered sou"@stee".@strong!
9-6-86*
Anne *C0
+our musica" smi"e
&in7"es "i7e si"ver rain,
'n .our #ace, a s7. o# go"d!
&he tune2s sti"" in st."e@Iust autumn /inds that /rea7
0eceptive, nois. tric7s!
nd did .ou hear the 7ne""
'# e""s #rom "ong ago>
@&he e"#r. "ong since #e""
n ruins, this 7no/!
ho ca""s .our name a"oud
'utside .our o"ted door>
@ s"eep! No one2s a""o/ed&o rouse me /hi"e snore!
Ecuse us, p"ease #orgive
'ur #rivo"ous remar7s
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Anti-Dommunist Manifesto
or"d ommunism2s sure to spread
here C! ;! mone.2s spent,
nd mi"d re#ormers turn right reds +an7ee guns are sent
&o 7i"" those /ho dissent!
&he arEist2s actua"". approve'ur #oreign po"ic.!
%. arming t.rannies, /e move
:oor nations "e#t as "e#t can e!
&he rea" dupes are .ou and me!5-6G-83
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Anti1ue
&he curio shop
here no one /i"" stop,
Lives in its .esterda.-dustB grand#ather2s c"oc7,
n earthen/are croc7,
nd &ime2s #aintest aroma o# must!
&he rass utton tra.s,
&he right #eather spra.s,
Languish "i7e "overs ignored!
&he .ears are #or sa"e,&he argains a"" #ai",
nd &ime shu##"es ., "oo7ing ored!9-6-
*
Ap%rodite
7iss corrodes on the statue2s "ips,Fro?en #or centuries,
tear made o# mar"e so#t". s"ips
0o/n/ard! %ut no one sees!
&he tourists /a"7 past, indi##erent!
%ric-a-rac, the. ignore!
rotic emotion in stone2s a"" spent,o"d as the art ga""er.2s #"oor!--81
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Approa%ing Hour
hen the #ic7"e tic7 o# &ime
ntensi#ies, then 2m/are o# count"ess minutes past!
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nd /onder$ /hen the c"oc7
Ep"odes its #ina" toc7,
i"" "oo7 #oo"ish at the "ast,
Cnread.
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n his #e., #antastic rain
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0ice are thro/n
nd .ou groan
t the toss$'ne more "oss!
%eg one more
hance to scoreB0ea"er grinsB
;atan /ins!
-G-
*
As%
/rote m. est, too "ong, "ong past,ords #rom m. heart, not head,
gra m. pen, c"utch it #ast,
%ut a"" m. art is dead,
"" m. art is dead!
s dead as dreams that died o# age,
&ired #rom a /ear. /ait,
s rh.mes unprinted on the page%urned in the #irep"ace grate,
%urned in the #irep"ace grate!
6-1G-G
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Aspirations
reatness@the goa" o# ermined 7ings,;ainthood@nun and priest,
Fame@the trouadour /ho sings,an7ind@the charne" /orms /ho #east!
9-9-8G*
Astral Proetion
magine the u"timate empires o# star,
&hose si"ver ga"aEies so #ar
+ou cannot see them, ut in dream!
=eenter their shimmering seas o# "ight,%ee/e"ed g"immerings o# right
=esp"endent sa##ron suns, that eam
nside .our head! &heir visions stream,nd cra?e .ou /ith their g"amoured, g"oried g"eam!1--198 (=ev! 8-68-1991)
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At t%e 2indow
sa/ him again toda.
:eering out through the g"asst me as dared to pass
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&he house so grave and co"d and gre.!
"et /e"" enough a"one,
Jeeping m. e.es ahead,gnoring that pa"e /hite head
s raced past the house o# stone!
9-6-9
Atmosp%ere of Houses
Houses so#t". spea7$hispering, the. crea7
hen the /inds drive in@
urmured ta"es egin
'# tragedies
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Har"eDuins and /hores,
0/arves and mar"e #"oors
re %eards"e.2s "egac.!
;u"ime perversit.!198
August !torm
;ummer thunder shatters s7.,
et rep"aces dr.,
CneEpected torrents "ot'ut the humid hot!
s the rain ut Nature2s rie#
i#t #or our re"ie#>'r a random, out-o#-p"ace
ater#a"" #rom space>
-1-8
Autumn (loom
(#or nne)
Happiness re"ooms ane/,
nd age is "ess /ith me!
&he #"o/ering is "ate, the peta"s #e/
%ut p"anted .outh#u"". . .ou! p"uc7 ecstatica"".!
1-1-86
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(a:y7s Manifesto
No/ 2m t/o
nd ta"7 to .ouBhen 2m #our
2"" ta"7 much more!
3-18-9
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(a3 "%en "%ey Dalled Us Rustlers
&he gun#ighters came up #rom &eEasB the. arrived on the rai"road trainB&he att"emen2s ssociation /as ound to contro" the range!
&he. had a sheet o# paper, a "ist o# names, o# men the. had to 7i""Bnd the. "e#t some co/o.2s odies in the .oming pri" chi""!
%ac7 then the. ca""ed us rust"ers, Mcause /e #ought #or our o/n piece o# "and,
%ac7 then the. ca""ed us rust"ers, Mcause no/ and then /e changed a rand!
&he. had the mone., and the. o/ned the overnor,
%ac7 in the .ear o# Ninet.-&/o, in the Iohnson ount. ar!
n a co"d .oming Novemer, /e "ost our three-.ear o"d o.,
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nd m. /oman she didn2t sa. nothing, as she pac7ed up #or ""inois!
nd .ou /ou"dn2t e"ieve it to see me no/$ /or7 #or the iggest ranch in the state,
nd the o/ner, he2s m. ver. est #riend
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=eoice4 &he cava"cade o# dreams arrives,
Fancies, dreads, mirages too,
himeras thrive, o"d m.th survivesaravan unpac7s #or .ou!
11-9
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(alaned (oo3s
He shou"dered a"" the shame,
%ore the "ame'# his name!
&he det his #ather made
He has paid
ith his "ade@%. cutting his o/n s7in
"" too thin, purging sin!
&hen his ghost too7 #"ight
n the night!No/ no more@
0ead upon the #"oor
et /ith gore!&he "edger sho/ed
;ee no det is o/ed,
Jin#o"7 "ood, #ree". #"o/ed!
19G*
(al:at%on
(#or Lord 0unsan.! 188-1958)
ncient to/ers streaming;hado/s on the sand$
&he it.2s doomed to dreaming,Cn"i7e". "ong to stand!
;ee the it. crum"ing,
Fissures reeching /a""s,s to/ers, spires, come tum"ing,
nd ru"e #i""s the ha""s!
&hus a sad, sad it.'##ers up its pra.er!
nd so the gods ta7e pit.,
nd topp"e it /ith care!5-3- (rev! 199)
(allad of Han3 2illiams
&he saddest man .ou ever sa/
;ang through his nose, his notes /ere ra/!
&he peop"e said his voice /as #"atBHan7 i""iams /ore a co/o. hat!
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hundred songs upon the she"#,
He "oved us more than "oved himse"#$
He sang o# .ou, he sang o# me&o set our shac7"ed spirits #ree!
hen "i#e and "ove had done him /rong,
He put it in a countr. song!His /ords came do/n "i7e #a""ing rain
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rchers at m. command,
ncirc"ing them /ith their o/-strings taut,
imed at the out"a/ and
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;purring her steed on the road>
est ountr. /itch /hom, "egends recount,
&rans#ormed her man /ith a spe""$uc7o"ding "over, she made him her mount
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%e good to .ou!
%e good to .ou,
a7e .our co"or go"d, not "ue,t2s ust another name #or #a""ing rain,
No more pain,
Not as "ong as .ou ma7e sure .ou2re good to .ou!
%e good to .ou,
Love .ourse"# true, 2"" ta7e care o# me,
hatever e"se .ou do, e good to .ou!
%e good to .ou,
;omeone e"se /i"" e
ood to .ou, .ou2"" see,
Love "oves compan.# .ou /ant the "ove .ou thin7 that .ou2re entit"ed to,
%e good to .ou!
%e good to .ou,
Find a mountain /ith a vie/,Leave a"" the tears o# .esterda. e"o/,
e"ting sno/,
nd .ou2"" e so good to me, and me to .ou!-G-G
(efore t%e Dolors Fade
eorge :atton
(1885-195)
:isto"-proud, Airginia-vain,0ea# to danger, num to pain,
%orn a centur. too "ate,eorge :atton spat at Fate!
Cnderneath the omshe""2s urst,
He 7ne/ this /as not the #irst
%"ood o# enemies he2d spi""ed,
Nor the #irst age /hen he2d 7i""ed!
'nce a prehistoric e"t,
&hen a "egionnaire /ho #e"t
"ee at gashing Iesus2 sideBLater, serving Him /ith pride!
Aisionar. genera",:ra.er#u", and pro#ane, and a""&his, and something more as /e""B
:oet, rh.ming /hi"e oms #e""!
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(elie8e
:urp"e cats are ac7 in st."e,
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;ee them on the street,
:urp"e /his7ers, purp"e smi"e,
:urp"e puss. #eet!
Litt"e chi"dren 7no/ the.2re there,
'n". gro/n-ups don2t!
:et the #"u##. purp"e hair,
Never mind /ho /on2t!16-6-8
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(elow t%e Hori?on
%eginning poets /rite o# sunsets, .es,
nd so do ending poets, too,
an singers /hose eEhausted "itt"e tunes are through$ho sing one #ina" time o# purp"e-sp"endored rosiness,
'# t/i"ight turned to vio"et
nd then to gre.! :oetic suns then set,
s "ac7-/inged ange"s press their s7e"eton-caress!
8-8 (rev! 199)*
(etter "%an Not%ing
Leaves are /ithering,
Fa"" is here to ring,
ar"., ear". chi"",+et .ou never care
# the autumn air
omes to 7iss or 7i""!
;pringtime, /inter, #a""$
eather each and a"",&reasure Li#e2s green "ea#,
Never measure ho/Long od /i"" a""o/,
ven i# so rie#!
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*
(e8erage
2d rather rh.me and meter m. dreams,%ut .ou "i7e .our verse agged,
nd ug".-ui"t!
2"" tr. it "oose and anti-st."ed,Form"ess as poo"ed tearsn maud"in drops!
0rin7 them4
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(e8erage *0
agica" dragon2s tooth
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%rings ac7 .outh,
;tir in a diamond-c"ear
ermaid2s tear,
0rain the cup ust as .ou2re to"d,0on2t gro/ o"d!
11--
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(eyond
No cause #or pett. #earing
hen a"" .our .ears run out$ternit. is nearing,
;oon 7i""ing death and dout!
terna" Li#e--His giving--n#used #rom n#"eshed od--
&rans#orming no/ our "iving,
;o trave" /here He trod!
6-6G-19 (=ev! 11-11-199)
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(i:lio-(la?e
&he %oo7-;hip, it /rec7s on the ree#,
argo #"oats onto the sand,
&he aptain is gidd. /ith grie#,
atching the doom c"ose at hand!
&he savages storm to/ard the "oot,
%attering oEes /ith stones,
%ut /ater-"ogged pisto"s /on2t shoot$aptain stands . and he groans!
&he. ravage the oo7s #rom the ship,
Ae""um and parchment are tornnd hand-cra#ted indings go rip4
aptain stands sic7 and #or"orn!
nd vo"umes o# romance and m.th%"a?e in a p.ramid spire
For roasting the %oo7-aptain /ith$
annia"s dance at his p.re!
19G9*
(i:lio-tourist
ach time inha"e
&he aroma o# oranges and tea,
/ish cou"d sai"
&he 'rient, #ic7"e and #ree!
&he hina see7
s #ashioned o# "egend and dream!=ea"it.2s /ea7!
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%ut m.ths ever g"immer and g"eam!
circ"e the g"oe,
thin7 o# a pagoda ui"t high,here go/ned in his roe
'# sa##ron a mon7 shu##"es .!
For oo7s are ought cheap,&he. serve me instead o# a ship$
read
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'# monstrous, meta""ic, repti"ian irds
gniting s7ies /ith a #"ight o# #ire$
%e"o/ them the smo7e o# charred arth /i"" spire!
&hese death-pterodact."s are coming true$
&heir pi"ots turn "ea7 the hori?ons o# "ue,
;"ee7 avian avatars, spi""ing do/n
&heir droppings that cinder the #ie"d and to/n!
&he creatures themse"ves are consumed in #"ame,
nd man is a dinosaur, oso"ete-name,
Forgotten as prophesied, s"ain . s"ee7Lo/-s/ooping pteranodons, ones-in-ea7!
16-3-8
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(irt%day E8e
&he /ords o# the /itch #rom the smo7. p.re
Fe"" on m. ancestor2s head!
He spat disdain at the hissing #irend cursed at the curse she said!
He died that month, his thirtieth .ear,%irthda. and death-da. the same,
nd so did is son, and his son, ti"" here
2m the "ast to possess their name!
carr. a cross, ut so did the.!
0octor has chec7ed me
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%"ac7 the rose a /itch has 7issed,
%"ac7 its /ithered #rame,
+et the man-made devi"-mist
:uts the rose to shame!
%e the magic /hat it /i""
%"ac7 as chimne. stac7
None so "ac7 ut "ac7er sti""$rmaggedon-"ac7!
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(la3 (etrot%al
+our p"eas amuse me, utter".,
;ee7ing ans/ers #rom the Jing o# .nics, me!+our tears each #ree?e upon m. pa"m!
. "acerating "aughter is .our poisoned a"m
nd sti"" .ou murmur$ here is "ove>
. /ords are under/ater sna7es=ipp"ing in the eon. o# 7nighted "a7es
&hat /as inside m. caverned sou"!
. serpentine remar7s "i7e vipers no/ unro""!ncoi"ing .ou, /ith adder-"ove!
;urrender innocence to me, m. dear@
ir"ish, #resh naivet /i"" disappear%et/een m. /or"d". hands, 2"" crimp
+our de"icate idea"s
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shrouded and somer shape
arries each one o# us homeB
Not a man nor a /oman escape=epose, siE #eet in the "oam!
&he guide is the gent"est o#
;ervants$ his so#t, s/eet handsi"" caress us /ith ho". "ove
n "ac7-curtained s"umer"ands!
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(lan3et
=i#"es ratt"e,rmies att"e
'n the p"ain,
etting g"or.,
rie#, or gor.
o"ored pain!
onscripts giving
Cp their "ivingFor a patriotic ed
&hat is ag-shaped,
;hrouded, #"ag-draped$
%"ue, /hite, red!1-6G-5
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(la?e
=ound the =im o# =eason=ing the /orshippers o# thought,
Faith to them is treason,;ou"s are something so"d and ought!
'ne da. the.2re e"ieving,
'ne da. #aith returns,0outers each receiving
Light that #ires and urns!
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(liss
&he seas o# s"eep'nrush and s/eep
e to the shores o# #arthest dream,
here grounded,
n s"umer "ie:i""o/ed on diamond sands that g"eam!
&hen da/ning /a7es. s"eep and rea7s
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=eddening-orange aove m. ed,
nd urns a/a.
ith "ight o# da.
Aisions #rom night-"and, #"ed and dead!9-1G-81
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(liss *0
&he 7iss o# &ime corrodes
%ron?e Aenuses to #"a7ing rust,
&ime2s transitoriness erodesar"e aphrodites do/n to dust!
%ut Love2s caress s"a.s &ime!
ternities succum to Love2s so#t sigh!nd nuptia" church e""s ever chime$
od2s c"arion echo heard on high!
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(lood Har8est
Ha. is threshed . the rotor "ades,Ha. a"ong /ith the arms,
Legs, and heads o# the mi"7ing maids,
0o/n on the carrion #arms!
Farmer isog.nist reaps his .ie"d
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s ugust me"ted #rom its stic7. heat,
;eptemer /atched us trave"ing to /here
Airginia, ;outh aro"ina, oth do meet$&he app"e-mountains rich /ith grape and pear!
Her #ami". and sister /e"comed me,
Far too po"ite to ever seem Duite rea",
dro/ned in countr. hospita"it.nd care#u" conversation at each mea"!
%ut underneath #e"t a tense unease$
Her e"der sister seemed to "oo7 through a""
&he harmon. "i7e some "one ird that seesn anima" e"o/ aout to #ai" and #a"",
'ur mutua" hatred and respect /ere "i7e
&he hunted #or the hunter as it sta"7s to stri7e!
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(lue Rose
(193- )
Lad. "i7e a rose
:eta"s a"" enc"ose
Her instead o# c"othes!
Ioni2s coming
;trumming, thrumming,
Hear the humming!
Fee" the ecstas.,
&ortured me"od.,
;/eet, s/eet agon.!1-5
*
(lue 2estern 9ream
;he2s a %"ue estern 0ream, "i7e no co/po7e2s ever seen,
;he2s got o"d =ush nuggets in her e.es,
;he2s a gun#ighter2s ga"@she2s "i7e the '!J! orra",;he2"" "eave .ou in %oot Hi"", .e and .e!
'n the 'regon &rai", her heart /as #or sa"e,
;o she too7 the agonmaster to edB%ut his /i#e #ound out, so the pioneers 7ic7ed her out
'n the desert in her dress made o# red!
;he2s part hero7ee@and she2s a"" &ennessee,%ut &eEas /eren2t ig enough #or her!
catt"eman #rom he.enne, she to"d him +ou2re m. man!
&hen she ra7ed him /ith the ro/e"s o# her spur!
nd she #ina"". sett"es do/n in a Nevada ghost to/n,
:opu"ation, seventeen!
&hrough her memories and her tears she re"ives a"" those .ears&hrough the pages o# a estern maga?ine@
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(oarding Party
;hips o# morning sai"
'ut across the pa"e
'cean overhead,;p"ashing trees and "a/n,
No/ that night is dead!
'cean-"ue /i"" urn+e""o/-red and turn
ater into sand,
a7ing .ou a/are
ver.thing is air,e"ting in .our hand!
;hips o# evening dri#t
;ee the mainsai" shi#t
s the dus7 eginsBhosts ma7e up the cre/
;etting course #or .ou,
s the s7u""-#"ag grins!1-61-5
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(o: 9ylan
(191- )
&he. said he /as this voice o# .outh!&hat /as the iggest "ie!
t /asn2t to"d, ut he /as o"d,nd o"d men te"" the truth!
Ie/ish g.ps. /ith guitar
Heard the chi"dren cr.
n napa"m he""s! His music te""s
Cs /ho /e /ere, and /orse, sti"" are!6-61-86
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(o37s G%ost
(191-19G)
Leap over ga"aEies,;/im over starr. seasashed . the moon!
0rin7 #rom the morning de/,
%athe in the mist. "ue,
mmorta"
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:aint /ith an ange"2s rush,
Hear Heaven2s voices hush,
/ed
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&houghts aort
n tight, constricted space!
ho7ing dreams
Hear their screams,n c"austrophoic p"ace!
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(rief
Li#ting g"asses o#
%urgund. aove&a"es /et /ith /ine,
asting .outh and "ove,
&oasting #riends o# mine!
Friends are on". no/,
No one /orries ho/
&ime /i"" cut us #reeB
oments sti"" a""o/
0run7 dear compan.!19G
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(rig%t Prospet
rmageddon is a ne/ eginning4
ver.od. has a chance o# /inning
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ighteen ight.-ight, he rode the he.enne =odeoB
He even trained horses in rgentina, he saidB
hen he rode #or the :in7ertons he "e#t a #e/ rust"ers dead!
%rush. %i"" =oerts had t/ent.-siE /ounds that had hea"ed,
;cars #rom the horses, and u""ets, and 7nives, he revea"edB
His rea" name and date o# his irth are a m.ster. sti"",
%ut he used to rea7 mustangs and roncos #or sure, %rush. %i""!
%rush. %i"" =oerts /ent o## to a #ara/a. shore,
n the ;het"and s"ands, roping ponies, ighteen-Ninet. Four,
nd do/n there in ua, he /as a =ooseve"t =ough =ider too,nd he smugg"ed horses to he"p :oncho Ai""a, it2s true!
He /ent cra?., there at the end@
n 195@he even surrendered,&o the governor o# Ne/ eEico@
s7ing #or a pardon #or his crimes!
t seemed that a"" those .ears he2d een
Jeeping it hid@
+es, he even con#essed he /as@rea"".@%i"". the Jid4
&he. "aughed at %rush. %i"" and three /ee7s
Later he died@
%rush. %i"" =oerts /as orn Duite a "ong time ago,
&he. sti"" te"" his "egend M/a. do/n in o"d Ne/ eEico,
nd he2s sti"" in the sadd"e "i7e a ghost in a rodeo dream!+ou see, sometimes those co/o.s are Duite a it more than the. seem!
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(udd%ist Mon3
Cnsu""ied . the /or"d, /ith conscience #ree,
He sits in contemp"ation, hour on hour,'# one sma"" point on his anatom.
From /hich he gathers strength and m.stic po/er!
Not #or him the hero2s /ide acc"aim,
&he so"dier2s g"or., nor the merchant2s pri?eB0ea# is he to trumpetings o# #ame,
%"ind to the promise in a /oman2s e.es!
For him no c"eaving to ephemera" things
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rea"". don2t need an.one!
%u##a"o s7u"" on the desert,
;pider ma7es a home in its headB;ometimes #ee" "i7e that u##a"o s7u""
hen thin7 o# those "ast /ords .ou said!
+ou said to me, dios, caa""ero, /e2re crossing the order, posse2s c"ose on our trai"B
e2re /anted #or "ove, and there2s a price on our hearts
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+ou te"" ev2r.od. &here2s "and up in 'regon,
+ou2"" #ind .ou a #arm that don2t #ai",
+ou2"" stop /ith .our chi"dren each evening #or supper,
nd coo7 . the side o# the trai"!
%ut out in Neras7a there2s "ate #a""ing sno/ into pri",
+ou /a7e up one morning@the #rostite too7 three o# .our toesB
+our chi"dren are s"eeping so s/eet". and so sad". so peace#u"@&he.2"" s"eep there together "ong a#ter the /agon train goes!
+ou2"" raise some ne/ chi"dren /hen .ou2re up in 'regon,
nd .ou and .our /i#e /i"" prevai",%ut some nights .ou2"" dream o# those "itt"e /ood crosses
%ac7 there@. the side o# the road!
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(yroni
. senses are a s.mphon.
'# vio"ent disharmon.,no.ing an. me"od.
&hat2s sad!
;e"#-pit.2s a"/a.s s/eeter than
=ememering that 2m a man,
nd sentimenta" verses can
%e ad!9-6-G
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Daop%ony
No/ o# this and that hear$&ime and &ime"ess memor.,
0a/n o# the ages, ages o"d!%irdsong in the morning mists,
;i"ver strains o# s/ir"ing spheres,
&ime-egotten, &ime-eDueathedB
&/i"ight, end o# the centuries,Aio"ence, &ime-dishonoring,
=aucous notes that rend the air
From an orchestra gone mad!
199*
Dal8ary
;tand against them a""$
;hou"ders on the /a"",
%"ind#o"d "otting out
nemies, and dout!
Later, a#ter the.
Ji"" .ou #or their pa.,&hemse"ves aout to die
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He"p them, don2t as7 /h.!
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Danoni?ation
;t! Ieanne o# rc caro"s in the p.re,
;ainted #or her #ina" song!Her mart.red voice, a human ".re,
Her ashes, immemoria"". strong!
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Dapitol Hill
;he sat in do/nto/n restaurants a"one,nd read her oo7 unti" the. shut the doorsB
0e#iant, seventeen, and on her o/n,
;he made her co##ee "ast an hour or more!
;o /hen cou"dn2t #ind her home ran
=idicu"ous". aout the neighorhood, comic maniac /ho2d een a man
%ehaving "i7e a /ounded co.ote /ou"d$
circ"ed, a"most ho/"ing /ith rute painround dar7 ashington, through ever. p"ace
;he ought to e ut /asn2t
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Dara8an
!
host-/agons ro"" in the ruts,
rea7ing and c"attering on,
:assing the vi""agers2 huts,
:easants re"ieved, once the.2re gone!
;pirits ten centuries o"d,
hosts o# ararian tries--
&ries /hose maraudings are to"d;huddering". . o"d scries!
!
host /agons "eave /ith no trace!
'h, ut /here is .our chi"d>
&here he is4 %ut "oo7 at his #ace4
;avage-e.ed! 0aemonic! i"d!9-1G-
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Darolina (order 9ream
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aro"ina %order 0ream, #orget me,
utumn /inds are thinning out the trees,
ver.thing /e started no/ is over,%utton up .our coat against the ree?e!
;outh Airginia summertime /as heaven,
pp"e orchards, grapes upon the vine,;omething 2"" rememer #or a "i#etime,
M;orr. .ours /i"" never #it /ith mine!
hen .ou2re .oung, .ou never sa. the right thing,M"/a.s much too push. or too sh.,
aro"ina %order 0ream, 2m "eaving,
utumn c"ouds are co"oring the s7.!
aro"ina %order 0ream, 2m sorr.,
%"ue =idge mountainsides are turning ro/n,
2"" e heading north to spend the /inter,
M&r. to "ose m.se"# in some ig to/n!
aro"ina %order 0ream, it2s ending,
Li7e the. a"/a.s hoped it /ou"d, one da.,
MHate to ma7e them happ., no/ /e2re parting,o"den s7ies are turning into gre.!
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Darpat%ian Donflagration
ast"e o# crimson is to/ering
High on the c"i##s in the mistB0o/n in the va""e. are co/ering
:easants /ho are". eEist!
'ne da. a priest is victorious,%raving the c"i##s a"" a"oneB
Aictor., gor. and g"orious4
Aampire is po/dered "i7e one!
ar"ic and ross and hot torches
Etirpate pesti"ence thereB
:easants oserve #rom their porches
rimsoned-hued p.re a"" a-#"are!19 (rev, 9-1-9)
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Darpe 9iem
+our "i#e is "i7e a rie#
"usive, /ind-"o/n "ea#
Cpon the ga"es o# arch! ;o sei?end c"utch it captive #rom &ime2s ree?e!
%ut "eaves are hard to ho"dn autumn2s coming co"dB
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%e#ore the. po/der in .our hand
(=ight through .our #ingers, "i7e #ine sand)
n/reathe them in a #"ora" and!
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Darrion
&he #ree and de#iant Lords
'# Litting-Loo
Jne/ /hat to do$
&heir trumpets "e/,&he. dre/ their stee" tempered s/ords!
&he. charged on their unicorns
ith s"ac7-#ree reinscross the p"ains!
nd "e#t remains
'# enemies s7e/ered . horns!
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Dartograp%i-"ypograp%i Note
&he p"ace 7no/n as he"" shou"d e capita"i?ed,
;o print it as He"" i# .ou p"ease!
particu"ar p"ace to /here /e tum"ed #rom grace
Noosed, as /e dance in the ree?e!6-16-86
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Dase !tudy
&he Freudian2s a paranoid, schi?oid /ho2s anno.ed
hen peop"e rend his mas7 and seeHis droo"ing, vo.eur #antas.!
&he Freudian2s o/n mind is sp"it
(&he t/o ha"ves never #it)$&hose pha""ic s.mo"s he erects
onvince .ou@he2s deprived o# seE4
&he Freudian2s osessed
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'ver on the other side
Cnro""s the #oaming tide,
asting .ou aground,Li7e dri#t/ood, "ost, not #ound!
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Dat >uery
h. are 7itties a"/a.s she2s
ven /hen the.2re he2s>Feminine to "oo7 at, true,
;ti""-their seEes numer t/o!
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*
Dertainty
(or %ruce %oston)
&here2s a certain ma"aise endure /hen hearuttering /ind at night,
nd a certain a"arm /hen notice a Dueer
aseous .e""o/-green "ight;o etherea" and #aint
a"7 a #"o/er-#i""ed path a"" a"one,
;ing .our /orries a/a., "itt"e chi"d,Never cr., never sorro/ or moan!
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Let the songs o# the irds #i"" .our ear,
Let .our smi"e, "i7e a sun-ra. appearB
;ince the morning, great od turns His ear&o the tunes o# the irds@and o# .ou!
9-5-5
. u. de aupassant (185-1893)
First ng"ish trans"ation#romDes Vers(188)
*
D%ill-D%arred 2interlude
0ecemer /armth is #ro?en he"",
cic"es sta .our ps.che throughB
Frigid #urnace emers s/e""
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Fee" the moon"ight cr.ing
:a"est, si"ver tears!
Noon$ another /ord #or "onging
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nstead o# charge2 men "earn retreat,
# .ou can ca"" a ma"e a man,
ho "ost his gender /hen he ran!
;ociet. has red this mee7
mascu"ated, servi"e #rea7,
ho cringes /hen he ends to 7nee",
ith ruer spine that once /as stee"!1-1-9
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Dlo3
Ho/ shou"d measure the turns o# time>
n raindrops, tears or 7isses>
n /rin7"es, rages, "isses>
Ho/ shou"d count these seasons 2m
;urviving, e.ond numer>
%. sno/-. sun-. thunder>
:erhaps to c"oc7 them is a crime,
nstead 2"" sing their going,
&heir coming-and their #"o/ing!3-61-9
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Dlo3*0
Fort. summers, #ort. springs
+ou concentrate on righter things!
&hen #ort. autumns, #ort. co"d0ecemers@and .ou2re gro/ing o"d!
3-1-81*
Dlosing "ime
hen the music sti""s, as the c"osing chords are p"a.ed,
#anc. hear .our name, sta. ehind, and tips., proc"aim
toast4 &o our once-"ove, then "imp home, passion-"ame!
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Doffee at Fo57s (oo3store#
Nas%8ille
'ur conversation /as a"" o# oo7s$
He chatted charming".
'# #irsts and points un7no/n to me
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Dold Dold Han3
(196-1953)
&he saddest man .ou ever sa/
;ang through his nose, his notes /ere ra/,
His teeth /ere ad, his voice /as #"atBHan7 i""iams /ore a co/o. hat!
hundred songs upon the she"#,
He "oved us more than "oved himse"#$He sang o# .ou, he sang o# me,
&o set our shac7"ed spirits #ree!
His tritest tit"es ragged o# pain,+our heatin2 Heart, +ou in gain,
nd ear. %"ues, ;a/ &he Light,
nd &here2"" %e No &eardrops &onight!
He "oved to drin7, ut he "oved moreomposing me"odies meant #or
&he /ords he cou"dn2t a"/a.s spe"",
%ut sang so /e"" that the. sti"" se""!
"imousine, go"d in the an7,
ere not enough to ease o"d Han7$
He cursed his "oves, and #eared his Lordou"d pa. him ac7 the dets he stored!
&he dets /ere c"eared on Ne/ +ear2s 0a.,
&he coroner cou"d on". sa.&hat ch"ora" h.drate too7 its to""
From Han72s poor se"#-tormented sou"!
+ou hear that .ode"ed #reight-train /hine>t2s ust a ghost, aged t/ent.-nine,
&hat "e#t his #"esh in MFi#t.-&hree,
%ut sti"" he haunts ontgomer.!
-13-*
Dold-2ar @i:erals
%orn-again nuc"ear /ar#are #oes,
Fina"". raising their voice,
No/ that /ar2s #ashiona"e to oppose,a7ing the com#orta"e choice!
No/ that their suurs are under ris7
(=ather than Iapanese),
&he. spin aout #ace4 nd manage a ris7horus o# Nuc"ear Free?e!
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Dolletor7s Dlutter
0ea"ers2 cata"ogues, the. pi"e
. des7 and over#"o/ m. #i"e,. #irst editions #ight #or space$
Li7e /eeds, the price-"ists cho7e their p"ace!
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Dolonel House# Administrator
*+'-+,B'0
ith ;outhern charm
He #orged the ho"d
'# #oreign go"d
'n to/n and #arm!
He gave us t/o
:roud presidents
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Dommand Performane
n her pa"ace . the sea
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Oueen %e"a#ree
s reigning #rom a tarnished throne,
here mosses, a"gae, c"im her /a""s
here mi"de/ed, #rescoed ha""s:ee" through p"aster to o"d stoneB
nd seagu""s scree, /aves moan!
+et she ho"ds a "ive". court,here c"o/ns cavort,
nd trouadours sing "i"ting-sad@
nd ugg"ers toss /here acroats
;pin cart/hee"s ti"" the. "ose their hats,;natching up the coins she thro/s@
'utside, the /ater"ine ust rose4
%e"a#ree ignores the tide;o high outside,
nstead she smi"es and starts to spea7$
No/ dance4 &he sho/ must never stop4
Heed"ess that the cei"ings crea7,
s #"oors commence to sag and "ea7@5-6G-8(rev! 199)
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Dompost
gg she""s, potato pee"s,
Fruit scraps #rom mea"s,o##ee grindings
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'veracting his meager part
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Don8ition
man, to survive must never once care
For /hat the e##ete #o"7 thin7
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Dountry Farm%ouse
No ui"ding "ong survives &ime2s hurricane,t scatters shing"es, rends each roo#
nd ares the ra#ters to the rain,
&he s7e"eton o# /a""s stands proo#
&hat nothing #ashioned . mere an endures a"oo#!1-86
*
Dountry Mu?a3
(#or Iustin &u)
&he pu"ic doesn2t "isten "ong,
#e/, #e/ seconds and no more,;o "et2s give them an empt. song
ith me"odies /e2ve used e#ore
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Dra?ed Darni8al
(#or ar. i""iam ra/#ord , editor o#
Yellow Rider, And Other Fantasy oems,
. ;teve ng)
&he #air o# #o"". arrives in to/n$
&he #ur"ed-up anners are #"opping do/n,
&he Foo" is enthroned as the Jing o# a""!
;o /e"come$ idiots, "eap and #a""!
&he c"o/ns cavort on the mid/a. strip,
=evo"ving acroats tum"e, #"ip!
&he Foo" himse"# on the trape?e /ire0isports himse"# in a di??. g.re!
&he madness mounts and the cro/d oins in,
&he "aughter o# "unatics ma7es a din$
&he circus tent2s an as."um ai"
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rimson curses dooming
Ai""agers, and "ooming
mmense a"ong the .ears$
:esti"ence descending--:"ague, their odies rending
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;tand aside,
Let the /ide
;tage co""apse!;tand apart,
Let .our heart
0ie, perhaps!
;tand a"one
Li7e a one
%"eaching dr.!
0eath2s .our scene,:"a.ed et/een
;and and s7.!
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9ale E8ans ;s Riding "onig%t
&he .oung gir"2s pon. is made #rom the stic7 o# a room,
ith posters o# rodeos thum-tac7ed a"" over her room!;he heads o## to schoo" /ith her "unch in a meta" "unch pai"
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;eatt"e summertime is a""
Forgotten, in an ug". #a""
'# #og, and ever-soa7ing rain&hat hammers heav. do/n
Cpon a /oman2s /indo/-pane,
s am "eaving to/n!
Her on". souvenirs are some
'# m. romantic poems #rom
""usions o# an ugust "ove,
&hat "e#t her out o# reath
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ove ineEora".!
=omans, ;partans come,
;cots /ith pipe and drum,No one 7no/s /here #rom!
%ritish, &ur7, and French
;me"" o# dead men2s stench,From their uria" trench!
i"itar. ghosts,
;/apping a/d. oasts,=aising martia" toasts@!
rmored, ?omie hosts!
1-8-
*
9ead Rain:ow
&he shade o# rage is a gor. red,
&he g"o/ o# "ove is go"d,&he co"or o# .our indi##erence is "ead$
&he gre. o# "ove gro/n co"d!
&he hue o# hate is eon.,
&he /ash o# #aith is /hite,
&he dar7 o# .our disdain #or me
s "ac7 as a "ove"ess night!--8
*
9eat% :y Mirrors
cr. in the ho""o/ o# m. .ears$=evererant despair resounds! None hears!
run searching do/n the corridors #or .ou%ut .ou2re not here! choes moc7 ane/!
s this a""2s meant . si"ence, this>
&he vio"ence o# sti""ness! 0ea#-mute "iss!
'n co"d, meta""ic /a""s, press a 7issnd rea"i?e the sur#aces are g"ass
irrors 2ve een passing! =e#"ected dreams harass
s #a"" crum"ing, staring at the mass
'# moc7ing memories that stare right ac7$ see .ou! e! &hen a"" goes "ac7!
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9eat% Dloud
;he said she hoped #or peace #or a"" man7ind,
ade possi"e . man2s deep-do/n good /i"",nd sorro/ed /hen to"d her she /as "ind
&o man2s inorn desire to maim and 7i""!
'ne universe united under one "arge "a/$Her dream, and dream o# count"ess men e#ore
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ho "oo7ed at "i#e and made e"ieve the. sa/
%e.ond man2s greed and "ust #or gore!
%esides, /or"d "a/ meant /or"d po"ice and #ear,
to"d her gent"., and she hated meFor hinting her utopia /ou"d not appear!
For chec7s and a"ances on "a/ rings "iert.--
%ut sti"" at "east /e oth agreed to dread
&he poison mushroom "ooming overhead!8-G-5 (rev! 5--8)
9eat% of a Don1ueror
(19-199)
0id /e murder Iohn a.ne /ith our nuc"ear dust>
&he 0u7e /as invinci"e /henHe /on or"d ar in the #i"ms /e a"" 7ne/,
surrogate #ather ac7 then!
0id /e murder Iohn a.ne> as it a"" the ad scripts>
'r cancer, #rom taEes /e paid>0id he "ac7 the true grit to survive #rom a it
'# #a""out our precious oms made>
0id /e murder Iohn a.ne> '##icia"s sa. no,
&hose nuc"ear tests /ere ris7 #ree!
Li7e Iohn, to us .outh, ureaucrats te"" the truth
n this nuc"ear "and o# the Free!16-19-86
**&he incidence o# cancer in the cast o# The on"#eror(195G)
Fi"med in Ctah is G5P aove the nationa" average!*
9eat% 2ings
host-ird #"apping "oud,
Li7e a rust"ing, charne" shroud
;tri7es .our /indo/ #rame,
;creeching .our "ast name!193
*
9eem:er !3y
&he moon is misted /ith rain,
nd moon-tears dri"e and drain&he "ength o# the s7.! &he. #a""nto the %ig 0ipper, that catches them each and a""!
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9eeption
&he emera"d grass is high,nd si"ver de/drops g"a?e
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%eneath the pa"e go"d s7.
here unicorns sti"" gra?e!
&heir horns are ivor.,nd m.thica", it2s true$
%ut shut .our e.es, and see
&hem rea" as me and .ou!
19*
9ediation
Faded roses sad". #"ung,raves and ghosts and grue
From antiDue a""adr., no/ sung
'ne more time #or .ou!
193*
9ediation of @o8e
(For ar. =ose)
+our mother is someone "ive #or and "ove,
;o come, "itt"e chi"d, and sit do/n neEt to me,
nd te"" me, did pa"e go"den stars up aove:aint .our hair the ha"o o# .e""o/ see>
+our cur"s are #ringing .our #orehead /ith "ight
&he co"ors o# p"anets that me"t /ith the green
'# .our e.es, reminding me, through ga?e serene+ou /i"" spea7 o# m. "ove, to .our mother tonight!
aress her /ith 7isses o# innocent #ire,
+our hair and .our "ips gent". carr.ing m. desire,
nd /hen she sees .our "ove has gained something ne/;he2"" trem"e and /onder and murmur a #e/
;o#t /ords in an ans/er to "ove2s gent"e 7iss,And stro$ing yo#r %#rls, she&ll whis'er to yo#( )remo*e+
hose "ove are .ou ringing to me> s it his>8-65-8
. u. de aupassant (185-1893)
First ng"ish trans"ation
#romDes Vers(188)*
9ediatory
Faded roses sad". #"ung,
raves and ghosts and grue,
nvocations
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9elila% Goes 9aning
Her ama sa.s, 0aughter, ta7e care /hen .ou2re dancing, the o.s,
&he. don2t step on .our #eet,
%e #ast on .our toes! ear .our ver. est c"othes,+ou never 7no/ /ho .ou might meet!
ause "i#e is a a""room, and .ou2re at the center,
ith .our dress and .our prett. red hair!
;o get out there and dance, "i7e a paperac7 romance,Mause .ou ust might meet Fred staire!
%ut the a""rooms /ere c"osed, and disco /as over,
&hough in &eEas the. sti"" "i7e to s/ing!&he #idd"es enchant her, and the co/o.s the. dance her,
nd one o# them o##ers his ring!
He2s not ig in catt"e, no, and he2s got no oi" /e"",
%ut he2s got a &eEas si?e grin!
;he2s in the #ami". /a.
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0emora, a"" too "ate! Futi"it. remains! "" e"se is through!
For :oetr. deserted me, months ago! ;he "e#t no tears,
%ut hinted at a .ounger "over she desired!
Her "ove #or me ("i7e mine #or .ou, 0emora), no/2s eEpired!
A!
@@@@@@@@@!!1-13-86
*
9epression
+our s7. is shado/ed /ith a tom-dar7 c"oud
&hat dims our #uture2s #a""ing, #aint #ar star,
nd a"" .our pain /raps us in co"d thic7 shroud,&i"" /ho .ou /ere is cho7ed . /ho .ou are!
&he #"ame o# "ove that #"ic7ered go"den-red
s gre.-"ac7 ashes in .our #ro?en sou",
s .ou /ish .ou cou"d s"eep, #orever, dead
nd dream"ess, "i7e the "ove &ime sa/ and sto"e!%ut .et, ho/ever "ea7 the #ire"ess s7.,
sha#t o# od-"ight ursts and urns up high,
nd g"o/s on .ou amid the grimmest gre.!nd i# .ou #ind the death #or /hich .ou pra.,
+ou2"" damp and dar7en ever.od.2s da.$
;o an. #riends, not ust , /i"" /eep their grie# a/a.!
G-6-G . u. de aupassant (185-1893)
First ng"ish trans"ation
#romDes Vers(188)
*
9esert
%"ood. rose-red sun,or. drops that run
rimson on the s7.,
&i"" the. sca and dr.!
Later, moonshine pa"es
;7ies as sun"ight #ai"s,
nd the dus7 rings night,
Free?ing a"" the "ight!19G8
*
9eser8edly
poet2s a thie# /ith a 7ni#e,
utting o## pieces o# "i#e
%e"onging to /oman or man,=unning as #ast as he can!
poet2s a sin-happ. saint,"o/n covered up /ith green paint,
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sadist, a so"dier, a #oo"
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onsists o# "ess
na".sis, and more o# trust
n Him ho #ashioned us #rom dust!
1986*
9ifferene
Litt"e gir"s aren2t "itt"e o.s,
&he. don2t ma7e noise,
e"", not Duite as much
hen the. reach to touch0e"icate ne/ to.s!
198
*
9inner
&ime is the vampire that suc7s the .ears dr.,
Love is the maiden to dieB
&ime is the ghou" and .our "i#e is the mea"=ich /ith a gourmet appea"!
urtains o# purp"e are shredded /ith rot,#ter the anDuet, .ou2ve got
Nothing ut age and the end o# .our "oveB
&ime-vu"tures circ"e aove!
-6-*
9iso8ery
!
. #avorite o.hood oo7s portra.ed rusades,
&hose g"orious strugg"es #or the Ho". &om,hen hristian raver. and "ades
ondemned the os"ems to a gor. doom!
Jing =ichard, Lion-Hearted, severed nec7s'# enemies to de#t". ma7e
victor2s nec7"ace, dripping crimson spec7s
From heathen heads, cut o## #or Iesus2 sa7e!
nd so #ancied /as some o"d 7ing,
nd #or a s/ord too7 stic7 in hand
nd made m. /ooden /eapon s"ash and sing,&o scatter heads o# #"o/ers on the "and!
For /as "ord o# trees and open air,
nd scorned the cast"ed 7ings 2d never seen!
&o raise a throne, made a moss. chair,nd /ore a cro/n o# #ronds, o# pri" green!
!
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reigned resp"endent in m. 7ingdom ti""
;omeone as .oung as me, /a"7ed in on me!
;he made m. #ee"ings over#"o/ and spi"" #e"t the /a. o"umus did, to vie/
&hose #irst enchanted is"ands that he #ound!
-G-G (rev! 11-6G-9)
. u. de aupassant (185-1893) First ng"ish trans"ation
#romDes Vers(188)
*
9ispat% from
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t2s damned good advice ut the 7ind .ou ignore,
+ou smi"e and .ou2re 7eeping right on "i7e e#ore,
&hat go"den dream is .our rea"it.!
0on2t "et .our dreams get a/a. #rom .ou,
&here2s nothing that2s Duite as true
s a dream o# .our o/n
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nside the %ritish o"onies thic7 section
'# m. o.hood stamp co""ection!
G-15-8
*
9ream 9eat%
;i"ver-"imed "ad. #"oats past in a dream,%od. as so#t as /arm cream,
nd her voice "i7e a mando"in!
h. does she visit me on". in s"eep,h. can2t capture and 7eep
Her so#t hair, and her satin s7in>
Faint as a #eather, she2s "o/ing a/a.
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&he shore"ine o# =omance!
5-G-9
*
9ream-Hill
(18G3-19)
&he #airies #ace a moon&hat dims and pa"es,
nd chant their ancient tune
'# =oman a"es!
&he .ster. /i"" "ast$
For /e sti"" need
&he rai" and g"ories past,
nd dreams to read!
;o rthur achen2s art
i"" murmur on,
&i"" a"" the e"ves depart,
&i"" :an is gone!8-3-6
*
9rifter
(in memor.$ %"iss arman, 18G1-1969)
ive me the road and give me the rain,ive me the high/a. pain,
ive me the heat, and the chi""iness o## the sea$
Hot or #ro?en, /et or parched! Aagaond-#ree!
G-5-8*
9riftwood
Lost is a "and on". 7no/
n m. dreams$
Farm"and and #urro/s, ro/ on ro/,
;i"ver streams!
%arns and the #ences, stretching out,
Li7e "ong arms,
"utching the roads and rura" route&o the #arms!
+et must #o""o/, /here m. oots;tride and shi#t,&ossed "i7e a tree /ith ripped-out roots,
%"o/n, adri#t!
1-31-G
*
9um:-!%ow
:uppets pouting, cursing,
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;nar"ing on the stage,
anic marionettes rehearsing
omedies o# rage!
:uppet-master eaming
Let the sho/ go on,
gnore the oos and screaming--
0ance ti"" &ime is gone!
:uppet-master /or7ing
;trings unti" the. #ra.,
:ainted mani7ins stop er7ing$urtain on the p"a.!
-3- (rev! 9-13-9)
*
Eart%-Arson
(#or arie" ng)
&he demon sits astride a star
nd rides it do/n the s7.!nd #rom the p"anet /here /e are
e /ave as he shoots .
He""o, miEed /ith good.e!
s he returning here or not>
Nood. seems to 7no/!
&he earth is me"ting, mo"ten hot,&i"" #"ames "eap #rom the g"o/!
&he demon2s #au"t, 7no/4
9-11-8
*
Eart%1ua3e
&rem"e in .our mind,ash .our teeth,
Let the panic grind
0reams eneath!
;hudder at the sound
onscience ma7es$
"" .our so"id ground
;hi#ts and rea7s!3-6-5
*
Easily Found
&here2s a "and that is "ost, an.od. can #ind$
Fo""o/ the #air. stream
&hrough #orests o# #a"e, ac7 in .our mind,n the countr.side #u"" o# dream!
'h, so eas. to trave" and /ander ac7 home,'ver the .ears once more,
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here the e"ves and tro""s are teasing the gnome,
&r.ing to ma7e him roar!
8-8-3
*
East Nas%8ille Fire on +t%!treet
House urned up one night,Fami". /as not inside,
didn2t 7no/ ho/ much the. cried,
Loo7ing at the charcoa"ed sight,
n that crue"est morning "ight!
Not the on". one,
'ne more stands a "oc7 a/a.,
;i"ent"., as i# to sa.'nce the att"e /as egun
Fire, and not .our /ater /on!
-9-8
*
Eastland A8enue
&he amer o# autumn is tinting the trees%ro/n /ith a varnish o# go"d
From the sun-#a""! risp, dr., ritt"e "eaves so#t". die
Li7e an un#inished stor. ha"#-to"d!
&he "eaves are "i7e pages that nood. reads,
%"o/ing indi##erent on /ind
n ;eptemer, "i7e /aste paper scattered in haste!
%arren trees, "i7e m. passions$ a"" thinned!9-6-86
*
Easy @o8er
No one ever stops the seasons,
No one made o# #"esh and one,
No one te""s .ou ha"# the reasons$M%etter "earn them on .our o/n!
Li#e is "i7e an eas. "over,
Lo.a" ti"" it2s time to "eaveBLater, /hen .ou2re thin7ing o# her,
&a7e a "itt"e time to grieve!
&reat her "i7e a "ad. through"ear and c"oud. .ears$
ven i# she2s cheated .ou,
&han7 her #or her time and tears!
Li#e is "i7e an eas. "over,
No one te""s .ou /hat she2s #or$
Iust as soon as .ou discover,Love her, /hen she cries #or more!
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-68-G8
*
E%o
hear a ho/"ing o# n#init.
( mi""ion i""ions/orth o# .ears),
. ears=evererating the immensit.
'# spatia", "ue-"ac7 void that spans
mu"tiverse that d/ar#s this earthen spec7 o# an2s!
199 (=ev! 11-11-9)*
E%oes
:eop"e have to "earn
'"d, o"d things once more,
+ears revo"ve, return,
=epeat
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&he /aters ec7on "i7e some /oman2s opa" e.es,
&he sp"ashing on the roc7s is "i7e a siren2s sighs,
nd dra/s m. #eet straight do/n the sea-/a"" stairsB
%ehind@ the "irar.B ahead@the peace#u" /etnd /e"come /ater /here soon /i"" "et
'"ivion remove a"" care!
G-6G-8
*
Edgar Allan Poe
(189-189)
n the vau"ted mauso"eum hear the shrie74
ade"ine is /resting #ree
From her tom-tied agon.!
Hear the rapping, tapping o# the =aven-ea7,
=h.ming at .our chamer door
&rite"., trite"., Nevermore!
Hear the necrophi"ic, dream-drugged poet spea7ith ineriated reath$
C"a"ume@Lenore@=ed 0eath4
onder at his "ust #or /asting, /aning, /ea7
ing /omen, "ood"ess-/hite,
Li7e Airginia, e.es 0eath-right!
(Li7e his /i#e, e#ore his sight! alternate line)
:onder /h. he on". "ived to search and see7
0eath herse"#, and "oved her true!
;/eetest temptress that he 7ne/!
3-15-5*
Elaine Et%ereal
(#or arge %! ;imon)
g"impsed .ou stro""ing as .ou a"/a.s used to do,race#u" as a p"a.#u" ree?e
'n the 7no"" a"ive /ith "i"ies, .esterda.!
+ou /ore that tai"ored shirt o# sai"or-"ue,&attered eans aove .our 7nees
nd .our dust-go"d hair in sunn. disarra.!
rotic /raith, 7no/ .ou2ve een untrue40eath2s the "over /hom .ou p"ease!
He seduced .ou, prett. phantom
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'e. the stead. ro""
'# some strange drum,
&hat ids .our restive sou"ome a/a., come!
Forsa7e .our trivia" "i#e,
0epressing". mundane,nd heed the #air. #i#e
:iping :an2s re#rain!
vacuate this "and,mar7 #or rea"ms un7no/n,
here pin7-/a""ed cast"es stand
He/n #rom cr.sta" stone!
19G8
*
Elftune
(#or ;! ;"atter.)
therea" music cheers the night$
F"ute and tamourine,Fidd"e and a so#t guitar,
usician2s never seen!
Fe. trouadours sta. out o# sight,here the shado/s are$
Litt"e men in go"d and green
ho sing to moon and star!
-9-8 (rev! 199)*
Em:rae
&ime is a "o.a" "over,
Hugging .ou to death!,
Lingering to hover
&i"" .our #ina" reath!
Never mind her madness,
iser. and mi"es,
Jiss a/a. her sadness,emori?e her smi"es!
8-61-3
*
Em:rae *0
ron-/inged ange" /ith riveted /ings
"iding do/n stee"-co"ored s7iess #ashioned o# girders and concrete and ric7,
F"oating to/ard .ou! +ou thri"" /hen she sings,
;/eet as a ac7-hammer
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&he nge" descends , and industria" #umes
Eha"e #rom her "ips! opper nostri"s shoot spumes
'# vapor
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Esape
vening /as draping dar7
;hrouds o# .esterda.,
;mothering it /ith star7
;heets o# "ac7 and gre.!
No/ the open graves o# night
Free the da/n once more$
orning moves in roes o# "ightFrom the night-tom2s door!
3-1G-5
*
Essential Persistene
&he /isdom o# the /ind is motion,
andering ecstatic, .et su"ime!
&he charit. o# rain is "aving "otion,"eansing residues o# uran grime!
&he genius o# the sun is searing passion
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'r up the mountains /here the tunes have sta.ed
hange"ess, #or t/o hundred .ears o# song!
&his ng"o-e"tic minstre"s. can never die
;o "ong as mando"ins and #idd"es cr.&heir p"aintive songs o# true, true "ove turned /rong
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16-1-8G
*
Et%ial $peration
&ransp"ant the organs, one . one,
nd /hen the surger. is done
&rans#er the most important part$ conscience to his heart!
16-19-8
*
E8aporation
2m dreaming .our #ace in the si"ver. da/n,
n opa"ine image o# /hite,vanescent". #aint, "i7e a hand-painted saint,
:ious". pa"e in the "ight!
/orship#u"". /ait #or the sharpening "ines
&o c"ari#. #eatures o# .ou,%ut p"anes in .our #ace are disso"ving in space,
nd another du"" da. starts ane/!
8-3-86*
E8ening in !pring
(He /i"" e a rationa" man, ut perhaps never happ.!)
&he pri" moon arrives
e"ting us /ith its ra.s,
%ut nothing "ong survives,Nothing o# pri" da.s,
Nothing o# Love2s rie# "a?e!
&he pri" moon departs!ist. /ith ;pring-sad rain,
nd /e /ith #a"se starts
;u##er our moon-made pain,
Lovers /ho 7issed in vain!3-1-9
*
E8ensong
;teep"e s"ashed /ith shado/s
;ca"es the t/i"it s7.,spiring "i7e an nge"us!%e"o/, the tra##ic hurt"es .
ndi##erent to ric7s upthrust so high!
191
*
E8ermore
Hammers o# hate eat the stee"
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nto a he"met and "ade!
%"ac7smiths and armorers #ee"
:roud o# the death-ound rigade!
arching past cro/ds on the cur,
"attering hee"s on the stones!
Later, the cro/s /i"" distur
F"esh as it ripens on ones!
:reachers and :opes prate o# peace,
:o/er"ess to change histor.$
:o/der, and guns /rapped in greaseuger /hat a"/a.s /i"" e!
9-1-
*
E8erytown U!A
hi"dren /hom the schoo"s can2t teach,
Nor the courts can2t reach
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E5posed
+ou rea"". #ee" too deep,
+ou "et .our sorro/s seep
Cp the #issures in .our sou"$
0o/n .our #ace the. ro""!1981
*
E5termination
stand indi##erent to rat-nosed &ime /ho gna/s,
stride o"ivious to &ime2s "a/s,
His ravenous, remorse"ess .ears2 assau"t!&he rat2s teeth sin7! &hen ha"t!
. "eg /ithstands, impervious to #angs o# &ime!
c7no/"edging that rodent is a crime!
&he vermin soon is mashed eneath m. hee"&o grease! &here
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*
Fait% *0
have c"ung "o.a" to m. dear poetic "ine,
ts sti"ted constanc.,
ts arti#icia", a"" too #ine
;ti##ened s.mmetr.!
For t/ent. .ears it has een tru". mine,
# orro/ed #rom e#oreB
'"d Duatrains in the Duaint designodernists ahor!
1986
*
Fait%ful in His Fas%ion
(18G-19)
rnest 0o/son /as a singer o# the saddest, tritest tune,
'# the #a/ning, #uti"e "ove that poets "ame upon the moon,nd his ".rics a"" /ere painted on the margin o# the page,
;o his /ater-co"ored "ines /ere are". noticed . his ge!
ine-and-roses, and .nara, #"oating "onesome in the air
'# the #ogg. .e""o/ Nineties, in a ;oho restaurant /here
n ta"ian #ic7"e /aitress crac7ed a poet2s dream, .et made
His eEDuisite, #ragi"e verses, #aint". #"o/er, not to #ade!-1-6
*
Fait%ful in My Fas%ion
(ugust 6, 193, Le/isham emeter., ; London)
dreamed sa/ the grave o# rnest 0o/son
%"ea7". setn some #orgotten church.ard corner,
Lone and /et!
&he spectra" London #og descended co"d on;entr. grass
here se"dom an. visitors or pi"grims
0eign to pass!
nd in m. reverie rave". scattered
=oses there,
nd #e"t a #rai" and /isp. &han7 .ouarm the air!6-1-9 (rev! G-68-8)
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Fall Melody
&here2s music in the reath o# ree?e
Eha"ing /ith a /isp. /hee?e&hat scatters "eaves on #orest #"oor
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nd has one hundred .ears or more
n singing autumns "ong e#ore!
hundred autumns o# so#t /ind, hundred times it2s thinned
&he ranches o# their "eaves, ti"" are$
hundred autumn-times the air
nd trees have chorused there!1-68-9
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Fall !%owers
;ummer /eeps and grieves,
=ain-tears moisten "eaves,
'ctoer gre. rep"aces "ue
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%ut sti"" read
&he /arning signs that p"ead
For us to heed!
'ur age has come
&o "ove the dinning drum,
nd u""ets2 hum!
+et sti"" can
Hear happ. tunes o# :an
No oms, can an!
11-9-*
Far Plae
&ime is a tunne" o# #ears,
Funne"ing .ears
0o/n a spira" o# dar7ening dread
&/isting ahead!
;ome/here the passage ends,
#ter it ends
i""ions o# "a.rinthine turns$;ome/here an "earns!
;ome/here and somep"ace /e #ind
e2ve een ut "ind%urro/ing rutes in the devi"2s night,
;hunning hrist2s "ight!
3-16-G (rev! G-66-9)
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Farewell
=eoice4 &he cava"cade o# dreams arrives,Fancies, dreads, mirages too,
&he "egend-"aden caravan unpac7s
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Farewell @yrista
&he sp"it in the /a""s o# &imeidens, and .ou /a"7 through
orridors, eons, ne/@
h. can2t come /ith .ou>
Cp to/ering heights .ou c"im
;ee7ing in#init.
Far, in a s7.-"ac7 sea@
Le#t here on arth is me!
nd .ou hear the centuries2 chime,
aro"ing, one . one,
&o""ing our time2s, no/ done$Hope that is "e#t@is none!
For no/ that .ou2ve vanished, 2m
:ining in this "ea7 p"ace,
0reaming aout .our #aceLost
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&he runt o# instant, tropic torrent-rains,
here irds and ro.a" "egend2ries
omine! =ude roc7 =edonda4 No man sta.s
For "ong upon .our cactused crags, and .et--e c"ose our e.es, and g"impse .our gre.s
nd ro/ns$ our mpire /here no sun has set!
=edonda$ rea"m o# "o.a", eEi"ed sou"s
nvisioning .our c"i##s and si"ver s7ies,+our sur#, .our shoa"s, /here tide upro""s
=eu##ing mariners amid the sea-ird cries@
=edonda! Ouaint, DuiEotic 7ingdom, #ar
nd a"/a.s ver. near to /here /e are!6-15-81
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Feat%er on t%e !ea
t /asn2t ver. "ong ago &omorro/ /as m. #riend,
Li#e /as "i7e a river ro""ing "a?. Mround the end!
asting time and then #ound that &ime /as /asting me$
&oo7 me and it tossed me "i7e a #eather on the sea!
Fo""o/ing a #ading star 7no/ 2"" never #ind,
Li7e a drun7en sai"or never "oo7ing once ehind!F"oating "i7e a #eather on an ocean #u"" o# #oam$
'ne more dream-struc7 dri#ter /hose hori?ons are his home!
Feather on the sea, that2s me, /ithout +ou,Iesus rescue me #rom the sea--ta7e me through!
Feather on the sea!
+ou can e m. compass /ith +our /isdom and +our /i"",Iesus he"p me trave" /hen #ee" 2m standing sti""!
+ou can e m. map and he"p me reach that #ar o## shore$He"p me /eather ever. storm no matter /hat2s in store!
&i"" #ound +ou /as on an ocean o# despair,
Csing up m. #uture "i7e it rea"". /asn2t there!
Facing ever. /ind o# #ate no matter ho/ it "e/$
Feather on the sea /ithout a #riend ti"" #ound +ou!
Feather on the sea, that2s me, /ithout +ou!
Iesus rescue me #rom the sea--ta7e me through!
Feather on the sea!19G8 (=ev! -, 198G)
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Feeding Plae
Au"tures in a ring
irc"e .esterda.;/ooping do/n to ring
Cp their d.ing pre.$
Love that died a/a.!
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Love that &ime had s"ain
'n the desert sand$
e""-pic7ed ones remain
s the vu"ture-andForages "ove2s "and!
6-6-5
*
Feeding "ime
F"oating on the a.
'# greenre seen
0ragon sna7es at p"a.!
rcing through the air&he. thrive,
nd dive
0o/n on sai"ors there!
;ee them s"ide and s"ip'n the dec7
'# the /rec7
&hat /as once a ship!6-3-5
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Fiend Fodder
;at.rs pa/ and hoo#,
"ves dance on .our roo#,
ere/o"ves /ai" and /oo#!
Loo7 out in the night,ater-/itch and sprite
0ance in s/amp-gas "ight!
0o/n e"o/ the road
here the #oE-#ire g"o/ed,
Hear the demon-toad!
ra/" ac7 in .our ed!
Later da/n rea7s red$
&/o more co/s are dead!G-6G-
*
Fifty 6ears
t the ancient ur.ing-ground,
;pirits overhead
Hover happi". aroundardens o# the dead!
Night". "iving "overs comeOuiet to that p"ace,
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"" the phantoms #"utter #rom
&here /ithout a trace!
Lovers ta7e and use the night,one e#ore the da/n
Leaves a mourning-/reath o# "ight
'n the mar"ed "a/n!
Lovers "eave e#ore the "ac7
;7. returns to "ue$
Fi#t. .ears, and the.2"" e ac7
&here as spirits too!G-6-
*
Fifty-Per Dent
He put ten .ears on her e.es in a sing"e morning!
He didn2t do much to her eEcept /a"7 a/a.!
He never raised a hand and he never raised too damned much mone.!
%ut he "e#t her #i#t.-per cent o# his #ina" pa.!
;he2s ho"ding t/o os and she2s ho"ding her "itt"e heart together
&he chi"dren ma7e their o/n eds and rea7#ast, too!&he /omen2s maga?ines provide advice
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;"o/". his s/ord-arm is "osing its strengthB
hist"ing arro/s are "eaping the "ength
;panning the distance #rom o/-string to chest,
ncirc"ing his reast "i7e a #eather-ared vest!
;agging to sand in a poo" o# rich red,
;hutting his e.es, he imagines instead
aidens espra/"ed on a si"7en divan@Aa"ha""a entices the sou" o# this man@
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Fill Up A Glass Full of Memories
Here2s to the heroes /ho2ve "e#t us,
n /ar-time
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ho /rote it! 0one4 0one4
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Fire !torm
ncient cit. /a""
:innac"ed so ta""%egins to crum"e, crac7 and #a""
n the shuddering, rute "ast!
;oon the side/a"7s sha7e%ui"dings shi#t and rea7
mid the rmageddon-Dua7e
&i"" even od2s aghast!
9-6- (rev! 8-63-8)*
First Aid
ut the cancer,Lance the oi",
'i" the rash,
ash the unnatura" gro/thsnside .our sou"!
nd sp"ash on sentiment, a#ter/ard$
heap antiseptic, ut it /on2t sting!8-16-6
*
Fisal Ad8ie
oming c"ose means nothing!Ninet.-nine per cent
Duates to ?ero /hen od ta""iesCp .our "i#etime2s rent!
;o a"/a.s pa. comp"ete".!
&r. to e on time,"se ;atan /i"" #orec"ose .ou,
7ing ever. dime
5-1-96
*
Fi8e "%irty P.M.
&he #ire #i""ing a#ternoon s7.%"a?es right roseB
=ed co"orings #"o/er then die,
#ternoon purp"e@then goes!
198*
Flame Feast
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oth upon the /ing$
:oet orn to sing,
F"utters to/ard the right
%"iss inside the "ight!
;ee them turn to ash,
F"aring in a #"ash,
ing"ess, song"ess, dead$;o the #"ames are #ed!
8-65-1
*
Flame Future
;hapes in the #ire come and go@
!:! ;hie", :hor#or,
ha'es in the Fire (198G)(#or Iohn 0! ;Duires)
.ps. tunes at an. open #ire,
Faces #orm in the smo7. spire,
Li7e ghosts o# the &hings-to ome,
F"ames revea"ing .our +et-to-%e,
;himmering images, musica"".n time /ith the mando"in strum!
1985
*
Flames
+our #ace #ades into its vei",
;pider-/e pa"e,%ut /e ta"7 id". o# oo7s,
Not o# .our "oo7s!
+our od. is smo"dering right,F"esh /i"" ignite,
nd .ou as7 hat have read>
"" has een said!
1-8-*
Flaming Prose
(#or =a. %radur.)
He dared to /rite another oo7,
#ter the "ast one urned,e marve"ed at the chance he too7,:roud that he hadn2t "earned!
&he media-po"ice arrived,
Lighting the gaso"ine,#raid i# one more oo7 survived
'thers /ou"d e seen!
-9-8*
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Flas%-(a3s at Forty-$ne
(#or har"ie Le/is)
emories sharpen /ith hastening .ears@
;and-oE and shove" and to.s
nd tree-#orts and pran7s, and m. ;unda.-schoo" than7s,
Litt"e o. .earnings and o.s!
Later, &om ;a/.er2s the /ou"d-e 0on Iuan,
High/a.s, and one-night hote"s!
heap eer at the ar! nd an un"uc7. starLighting those #urnished room he""s!
Fina""., #aces o# "ong-ago #riends
Focus, recede and returnB'ne dead and some /ed@souvenirs in m. head!
%ri""iant memories urn
;/eeter than incense, /ithin the mind2s urn!
8-6-86
*
Flig%t
:er#ection in a verse has ic. shape!
=e#rigerated #orm too co"d to #ee"!
;o turn a/a., e##ecting .our #ast escape
From untha/ed art, too chi"" and #unerea"!6-3-86
*
Flogged
. e.es are staed /ith spi7e-point stars,. heart is #"amed . gaseous suns,
. #ace is carved /ith /ind-/hipped scars,. eardrums puncture #rom the thunder2s guns!
. dreams divide /ith earth Dua7e crac7s,
2m uried in vo"canic ash---From /anting .ou! Love #ra.s and /rac7s
. sou" eneath its studded "ash!
-6-83
*
Flower-9eat%
(#or hristopher Lee, 1966- )
!
ast"e o# crimson is to/ered
High on the c"i##s in thic7 mist,here the reddening roses are #"o/ered,
"utched in the mountainside2s #ist!
&he roses are red as the curtain
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Hung in the dim dining room
'# the vampires! &he. drin7 deep, uncertain@
;ensing incipient doom!
%"ood #rom the turret top drains do/n,
iving the roses their shadeB
:easants e"o/ in the p"ains to/n
ross themse"ves thrice, sti"" a#raid!
!
&hen$ a priest is victorious;ca"ing the c"i## a"" a"oneB
nd the roses o# "ood, once g"orious,
:o/der to gre. "i7e a one!
ar"ic and crosses and torches
%urn out the pesti"ence there
nd peasants can see #rom their porches
=ose-co"ored #"ames in a #"are!
1-1-*
Flus%
&he p"anet is a toi"et #or the human race2s /aste,
'ur toEins poison "and and air, and sea,
%ut "uc7i". /e2ve p"ans #or some roc7ets to ship an2stomic turds in space perpetua"".!
6-61-83
*
Flying 9ut%man
&ime is not a hearse,
t2s ust a ship%earing .our est verse
'n one "ong trip!
-1-3
*
Flying 9ut%man *0
&ime is not a hearse,t is a s7e"eton-manned ship,
ts cargo .our est verse
ts chart"ess course a trip&hrough he""ish sun and ga"es that /hip,vading po"ar iceerg2s grip
irage-"i7e vesse" vague". seen
n"aced /ith 7e"p ;argasso-green!
1991*
Foliage
(&he Ho"d Aehm o# estpha"ia)
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;/ords o# the %rotherhood, unsheathe and s"ash,
He"mets o# enemies crashB
%"ades o# the 'rder, /rite ustice in red$Aengeance drips right /here it "ed!
%rothers-in-arms s/orn to vio"ent pacts
;ea"ed /ith the gore o# their actsander the high/a.s to rope up some thieves,
o"oring trees "i7e red "eaves!
3-
*
Fond Frig%t
Legends "ive$itches give
ic7ed, /ithered "oo7s
From o"d oo7s!
Fair. rings,0evi" /ingsB
;nugg"e do/n so deep,
&r. to s"eep!
0emons range
Forth #rom strange
mpt. mar"e toms&o/ard .our rooms!
a7e, and thri""
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&he gates o# &ime .a/n ac7,
nd "et the seas o# "ac7
=ushing tida" /aves&urn cities into graves!
t"antis /ent e#ore,
nd soon our southern shoreHe"ps the ges 7eep
&heir promise /ith the 0eep!
6-18-6
*
Fore8er
&he centuries /ind .'n histor.2s grim s7.
%"ood. red /ith stars,
nd armies #or a"" time
nact the ancient ritua" crime
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&he vau"t ho"ds an unha""o/ed urn
Fu"" o# vampire2s remains$
&he ashes are centuries o"d,
omining /ith #oE-#ire and mo"doistened #rom overhead drains,
oming a"ive /hen it rains!
5-3-8
*
Fort Negley at Nas%8ille
(#or Ioe Ha.s, i""ie Je.s)
&he co"or o# the #ort is green toda.,
s #o"iage rends the parapets o# stone
Li7e +ucatan or ng7or-at@a"" gro/n
ith ung"ed trees, /here rampant /eeds ho"d s/a.!
&he uni#orms o# "ue are gone a/a.,
nd gone, the s/eating "ac7s /ho heaved in p"ace
&he hand-he/n roc7s! &heir proud indentured race
=eared /a""s to ho"d the troops o# gre. at a.!
&he ivi" ar /as "ost as /e"" as /on
%. a"" o# them! For "ac7
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&o open #ire among
&he men /ho ma7e .ou serve!
Cnti" the vo""e.s #a""nd turn us a"" to dust,
+ou2"" a"" oe. the ca""
%ecause /e sa. .ou must!
16-66-G*
Four
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No/ he /as eighteen /hen he oined up /ith Ouantri"" to #ight in that sad ivi" ar,
&he. rode into La/rence
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%ut the. turned the mission o# the "amo into a heroes2 grave!
;usannah 0ic7inson, a "ad. #rom &ennessee
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=eading .ou ane/
Ecept to marve" ho/ .our c"osing door
as shut so so#t".! ;ut"e .ou!
&he tact#u"ness in ever. "ine
issed me /a. ac7 then!
+our dignit. inde"i". divine@
&han7s come s"o/ #rom certain men!16-6-81
*
Frost 9irge
+ou scatter songs upon the ree?e
'# ugust, casting a""
+our ".rics and .our a.-time me"odies/a., e#ore Fa""
0escends /ith deso"ating pa""!
+ou hear .our tunes on autumn ga"es,
n anshee-echoed sound'# "ate Novemer! usic /ai"s
n moc7er. as storm-gusts pound!
+our summer chords cannot e #ound!
&he dirge o# /inter-time comp"etes
'"ivion o# a"" .ou2ve sung!
0ecemer /eather2s /ind de#eats+our muse! ith ice, .our ".re is hung,
ts #rost-snapped strings unstrung!
+our s"eet-ee/e"ed 0eath2s head strives to sing&hrough &ime-c"enched teeth! %ut no notes ring!
1986*
Fro?en Rose
e cast a/a. our rose,
%orne upon the ree?e&hat carries /ith it those
;ummer memories!
'ur /ind-orne rose descends,:eta"s #"oating do/n,
nd summer "ove no/ ends
Li7e a rose turned ro/n!
&here2s rose-dust at our #eet,
utumn in our hearts
&hat turns to sno/ and s"eet$
Love2s "ong /inter starts!-6-9
*
Full Dirle
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F". the #"ag o# #ur. high
'n the red-/ashed s7.,
&rumpet a"" .our anger "oudt the cringing cro/d,
mpt. a"" .our cannon at
&hem, and the. #a"" #"at!
Later, rea"i?e that .ou
Have to su##er too$
o/ardice and death can #a""
'n .ou a#ter a""B0rop .our attered, "ood. "ade,
ishing that .ou2d pra.ed!
19G8
*
Furled Flowers
&he red sa"via co"ors our "a/n,
Later their #"ags are /ithdra/ns the /inter arrives and destro.s
nnocent, red-#"o/er o.s!
-6-8*
Future "ransportation
Levitation ma. e ho/
2"" ourne. over times and /or"ds a/a.,
;a#er than the high/a. no/
trave" ever. da.!
a.e, too, m. sou" /i"" soarach night e.ond the spheres o# space,
oming home again e#ore&he da/n-"ight stri7es m. #ace!
1-1-8, (=ev!1983)
*
Gadfly
%ac7 and #orth, to and #ro,
Forth and ac7, oth goFro and too, constant".
n search o# e"usive, uncaptura"e e!
8-8*
Galati Got%i
&he ge o# ans ut a rie#, areviated span
'# seconds tic7ing in a moment2s course!
n#init.$ the #ina" sources "i7e a charne" house, /ith c.press tree
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nd .e/ and m.rt"e, gro/ing in the graves o# ;pace,
here decomposes &ime2s o/n #ace!
16-8
*
Gallatin Road
(Nashvi""e)
&he house is so"d! t rought a price
&he o/ners too7 upon advice,
nd /i""ing". moved /or"ds a/a.@
'scene deasement starts toda.!
&oda. the vanda"-sa"vage cre/
rrives to rip up oards and stre/
&he sundered ric7s, and "i#t the doorsFrom hinges, and demo"ish #"oors!
super drugstore /i"" rep"ace
&he house and once again erase
&radition! &hus the g"ass-and-chrome'# :rogress triumphs! 'ne "ess home!
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Ganier Ridge Radnor @a3e "N
Nature a##ronts the arch-modernist
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%eauti#u" to see@not sme""@ thin7!
G-6-8
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Garden Guests
&he sun#"o/ers rise
gainst the s7ies,nd eager e"ves
"im one-.-one
&o/ard the smi"ing sa##ron sun
&o tan themse"ves!-8-9
*
Gardening
pu"" up /eeds and dig them
'ut . "ade and hand,
&hen gaso"ine #or poisoning
&o root them #rom m. "and!
&he toughest, most resistant
eeds are co"ored "ac7$&he cho7ing dread /ithin m. head!
.an7, ut it gro/s ac7!
1-19-86
*
Gem-!iren
meth.st e.es and a garnet grin%ec7on .ou #rom .our home$
ar"e-/hite /oman /ith star-spun s7in,;himmering in the g"oam!
&ourma"ine #acets o# "ight revo"ve,
.c"es o# da??"ing "iss
%ri""iant". "ind .ou, ti"" .ou disso"ve
Lost in her e/e"ed 7iss!191
*
Geograp%y
# there is Heaven, it "ies right here,
nd not ust some #arther p"ace$&he o.#u" cr.sta" o# a tearHa""o/ing .our #ace!
# there is Hades, it "ies@/here>
rather /ou"d not sa.4Eact "ocation@here> 'r there>
Never as7! +ou 7no/ /hich /a.!
3-18-86*
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George !terling
(18G9-196G)
His verse /as /rought to decorate,
me""ish, g"o/, and shed the great
mmorta" "ight o# some #ar #"agrant sun
&hat #"ares /hen &ime itse"# is done!199
G%osts
'"d "ace and cut g"ass,
ntiDues o# du"" rass$
0im dining room!Loc7ets /ith hair-coi"s,
:ortraits in o"d oi"s,
rac7ed spinning "oom
:aint pee"ing, ta"" /eeds,
House /here o"d &ime #eeds,nd the .ears g"oom!
8-8-G
*
G%oul "reat
Long icic"es #a"", sp"inter'n the gre. co"estones,
nd si"ver shrouds o# /inter
;hie"d the #ro?en ones,
Fro?en, #"esh-#u"" ones!
nd ice-gnomes sDuirm and scurr.'ver moss. toms,
&he.2re hungr. and the. scurr.&o the #easting rooms,
ar"e #easting rooms!
11-1-5
*
Gi::et
&he /itch-tree stands on the hanging-hi""@hi"dren shun it sti""4---
here "ims that "i#ted #"esh to dr.
rithe against du"" s7.!
t2s there m. shamed and convicted 7in
;/ung in a cage #or sin!
&oda.@/e2re cautious in our rites,
He"d on moon"ess nights!1-31-G8
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Gift
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&hese "ines are #or ar. =ose
&o read /hen up she gro/s,
nd oo7s ecome her treasure chest,nd poems m. esto/ed eDuest!
nd no/ .ou2re on the #irst #resh page
;o set aside .our age,nd act as o"d or .oung as .ou
ou"d "i7e to e$ that ma7es it true!
&he go"den /or"d is ever ne/!1-1-8
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hristmastime is pac7age-time,
:aper ever./here,
=ions, cards, and string, ti"" 2m
"most ound to s/ear4(;cotch tape in m. hair@)!
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o gent"e on the "itt"e chi"dren,
'ne da. the.2"" e strong as .ou,
arr. them a"ong /ith .our compassion,
'ne da. the.2"" have chi"dren too!9-3-8
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&he roads o# go"d are trave"ed /est
%. rigands /ho /ou"d /rest
&he o"den Jingdom #rom the ho"d'# 7ings /ho c"utch at tarnished go"d!
&he go"den gates are attered in,
%ararians s"ash and /in&he o"den itade" at "ast
here red (on go"den ric7s) runs #ast!
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