April Epic Poems

V.
She knew he was right, and had little choice,
winter had set in, travel was hard,
but Reid had killed elk, frozen meat to spare,
the ponds he...

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...Though in closing, it must be said
they did not remain there for long.
A damned Yankee wed to a Reb?
The locals all declared it wrong.

Like many...

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...For the remainder of the war
he kept to himself, since he knew
making friends set you up for pain,
there was naught to look forward too.

The months...

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...Emmet would converse with Sophie,
pretend he was a normal man,
while April and Abner slipped away…
young infatuation was grand.

And after their third time out there
April and...

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After moments she shook her head,
then moved over to the brick hearth,
a strew cooked over glowing coals,
she threw more spuds in for her part.

Then came...

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...Emmet just sat down on a bench,
And gratefully took his boots off,
Just stretched himself out there to rest,
for the moment it was enough.

The woman seemed...

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Have you ever lost someone so close to you
When they left your heart just broke in half
Your pieces we’re never glued back together the way...

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Rongali bihu

Rong cascading down
the days around April fifteenth
jotted over the almanac
(Rong bihu or Rongali bihu, the Assamese gala)
luring New Year for the Assamese peeps and...

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Say the max,

get the hey away from it,

resolve resolve,

come fresh and clean,

sojourn with the bong,

get it to be torn,

sweat it out all along,

bang the booty...

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approximating 7.5 x 1018, or seven quintillion, 
five hundred quadrillion grains. This estimation 
courtesy of Gwendolyn Powell, High School 
from Presentation of Mary Academy (2018...

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Dear People,
         All units of space and time, in this place, it’s time, to unite in oasis...

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A twin we will never be.
I am who I am.
You are who you are.
 
We never grew up the same.
And I am glad we didn't.

No...

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Tell me the color of my tears
tell me if you will what is the color of my tears
are they the color white or red
I can’t...

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RISEN 

  Like a Roar 
We are left astounded 
  Like an Eye
We are full of experience 
  Like the Sea 
The...

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I never wanted to be your mighty mouthpiece
I never asked to be the morning trumpet
in the troubled town
or the prophet clown
that would be scorned from...

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