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I take your T-shirt to bed again . . . 

I take your T-shirt to bed again . . .  and by now it has almost lost its scent-your scent, as when you were here and turned towards the wall while I pressed my bodyinto your body and sighed, “You smell … Continue reading

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Elevator Music

 Elevator MusicA tune with no more substance than the air,performed on underwater instruments,is proper to this short lift from the earth.It hovers as we draw into ourselvesand turn our reverent eyes toward the lightsthat count us to our various destinies.We’re … Continue reading

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Sonnet 98

From you have I been absent in the spring (Sonnet 98) From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in everything, That heavy Saturn laughed … Continue reading

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blessing the boats

blessing the boats                (at St. Mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it … Continue reading

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Meaning

  Meaning If a life needn’t be useful to be meaningful, Then maybe a life of sunbathing on a beach Can be thought of as meaningful for at least a few, The few, say, who view the sun as a … Continue reading

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Poetry Housekeeping Reminder! Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Just a reminder that this Thursday, April 21st is National Poem in Your Pocket Day!! Wahoo! Originally initiating in 2002 in NYC, it went national in 2008 and we've been celebrating it here ever since!Don’t forget to carry a poem in … Continue reading

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With Music

With Music Dear, did we meet in some dim yesterday?    I half remember how the birds were mute    Among green leaves and tulip-tinted fruit, And on the grass, beside a stream, we lay In early twilight; faintly, far … Continue reading

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i thank You God for most this amazing

  i thank You God for most this amazing i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky: and for everything which is natural which is … Continue reading

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It’s Friday! In April! Celebrate!

http://www.signature-reads.com/2016/04/dash-against-darkness-10-quotes-celebrating-national-poetry-month/As your Friday bonus please enjoy these quotes celebrating National Poetry Month!Have a great weekend everyone!

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Tax Day Limericks!!

There was a young fellow from Boise Who at times was exceedingly noise.    So his friends’ joy increased    When he moved way back east To what people in Brooklyn called Joise.                                     (John Straley) A lusty young wench … Continue reading

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