Best Stanton Poems

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A Child's Day With Nature In The Nearby Woods
(honoring...

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She asked me if I had a goal
She asked me if I had
Fantasized
Being the
Hunter
Or
The
Hunted

For 
Four
Years

I had crossed and re crossed the big cats tracks

Across a
Riverbed
Always measuring the pace
Speed
Weight
And
Distance of he and i

She said
He has dismissed you

So far

When
He is hungry enough
He will eat you

For four years
I have...

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Mrs. Stanton

In a little adobe bungalow
On the back of a lot in old El Paso,
Behind cacti and sand in s fantasy land,
Lived Mrs. Stanton, a writer.

Her days were spent among papers and books,
Dressed in calico and pinned white hair,
She hummed and expressed smile and frown,
As...

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Oars and jars in place, 
sails ready to blossom, 
map drawn as a moon. 
Chinese character, rhythm of life,
painted on the hull.

It is strange that I see.
On every mornings breeze. 
That there’s always a doorway. 
To you.
It is strange every time. 
It is always on...

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