["When I Played God" was first published in Quintessence, Spring Issue, 1969. It was reprinted in my first poetry chapbook, The Lady in the Pink Hat, Candor Press, 1969.]
I stopped beside a mountain stream An intruder in the realm To watch a fiddler on a stone, then A leaf with a cricket at the helm, A fairy ship on a rabid course Swirling in a raging sea I reached to save the tiny crew Their only God was me. Listed 95 on PS Best Poems February 23, 20212
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