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THE BOY IN THE MARKET
THE BOY IN THE MARKET (an edited version of an earlier post) A boy aged five or six, I thought at once of Tom, The same cheeky grin, Freckled face,...
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English Lessons
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No Mamihlapinatapai
… We cannot catch, and lock a look of empathy …
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24
Heartbeats. That’s how many there were. Ever. 24. And each one different. I remember each one as if it had its own life, its own will. And I remember...
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Heart Songs ( Poetry Monthly )
…I lit a candle today in memory of you I remember the bed of Marram grass on hot shifting sands your head gentle on my heart shush… you said I hear a...
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I Fell
I broke my finger falling out a tree Everything seemed so strange suddenly I can not play guitar without my finger And I can not start a band without...
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Spirit's thirst
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] I’m thirsting for the love you bring, as in a lonely land … they turn a blind eye to your face and do not grasp your grace.
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hearth song
This is not a flame quivering in every misunderstanding or longing that flares in the pull of absence nor forest fire, consuming all needs, breath...
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THE AFFAIR
There is no song in my heart today. The strings of the violin have snapped. The notes of the piano sound flat. The keys of the oboe are sticking. Now...
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Heart Songs ( Poetry Monthly
apply no CPR or defibrillator take this heart of mine give to another squeeze it please it make it sing songs full of joy let it hum along the notes...
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