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Population dwindled down, summer cottages boarded up, the speedboats dry-docked. It is quiet again. Smoke in the clear air curls upwa
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A reflection on the AP poets I
enjoy reading.
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Prisoner of War
returning from captivity
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The constant drone,
slightly out of sync,
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I learned my democracy from him,
sitting in front of the TV set
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Dogwood and Mountain Dulcimer
and southern headstones
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A rant about deliberately obscure poems,
including my own.
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Do not walk roughly on that good shore.
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Four words with written purpose rose
and spilled their meaning
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My Arboreal Senses Born Deciduous
retain their autumnal preference
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Dry-docked -
a fishwife all alone and watchful –
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A nonsense poem just to use the word Nonce
at least once, or twice.
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“If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable I will tell you why I think that I can get across it if I try,” Marianne Moore, U.S. Po
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PTSD, guilt,
and the aftermath of war
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“Bamewawagezhikaquay”
What insight is in a name!
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Abandoned at hightide’s furthest edge,
load of kelp, rake and barrow stand
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A life without borders has no centre.
and life withgout faith has no hope
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“She’s aground! She’s aground!”
the call came down the road,
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Some, sequential words arranged
according to forms as old
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Uillean those pipes they are that cry out
my bardic heart for me,
by Gagiikwe
40 lines, 18 comments,
on Feb 23 5:38 AM 2008
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When coming unaware
upon a name once known
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Once launched
wing we this wondrous thing aloft,
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Peripheral multi-lingual conversations detected unconsciously
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One great sweeping valley
hemmed by ridgelines - cosseting a village -
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Behold the vital ingenuity
of grace -
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At poor peace I lay these
my gentle burdens down,
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WIDOWER
Rosebush untrimmed –
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Enjoying the Berkshires in Massachusetts
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One Colonial Day
Tin whistles, drums and tambourines
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comparing land and sea environments.
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A British pub owner is upset over the musician he's booked, and complains to a patron about it.
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A humourous look at ageing, with a little seriousness thrown in [somewhere].
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