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Poem: “The Prodigal One”
The Prodigal One Scorching heat awakens the man No outline of large tents offering sweet cakes, soft pillows, and shade…
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Poem: “Why Reach for What Does Not Exist?”
Why Reach for What Does Not Exist? Why should I lament my son Who lived in flesh by death…
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Poem: “Alms”
Alms Impoverished peoples give generously of their patience, graciously accepting assorted hand-me-downs: the sequined vest, silk tie, high-priced pair of…
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Poem: “Somewhere”
Somewhere Somewhere there is Shangri-la Where men and women never age, Bird song is an opera And every infant is…
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Poem: “Olivet”
Olivet To Olivet, where psalms were sung before the kiss of death had stung, where he had healed with but…
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Poem: “All In All”
All in All Everywhere I look, I see You suffering, drowning in bays and waterways as winds pass over…
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Poem: “Who Would Dare Smile?”
Who Would Dare Smile? Don’t read this if your heart is soft, Your heart is not of granite stone I…
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Poem: “One of Us”
One of Us The old ones saw like us A great wall rise and crumble Admit, expel Barbarity and anarchy…
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Poem: “Wondering Bones”
Wondering Bones The late afternoon sky reminded me of old, worn out bones, gray, ashen, but filled with a holy…
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Poem: “Wild Riding Kingdom”
Wild Riding Kingdom I. Wild animals took flight before a tsunami clouded the land with rushing water pushed by shifting…