Long Rosalind Poems

Brains and guts orbit the soul—
that polar star searing in the marrow of being.

I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons
Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution marches,
and the calloused hands of a...

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on a sultry day when there was nothing else to accomplish,
roaming around listlessly in my parents' house, stumbled at a little diary from my teenage years!
with a pretty picture of a rose bouquet on the...

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Women Inventors/Creators Of History

        In Honor of the following great women inventors and creators:

(*Vera Rubin, Cecilia Payne,  Chien Shiung Wu, Nette Stevens, Ida Tacke, Esther Lederberg, Lise...

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He stands atop the ancient towers, both grey and cold as skies 
Which howl about and bow the trees, and blow his longish hair— 
His countenance stern, he stares below to where his army lies;...

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Well, darling, in matters so delicate as this,
What with ever so many variables 
And determinants, permutations 
And combinations,
It’s hardly ever possible 
To tell the turn of events.

I just keep wondering: 
Is it something always asked...

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"Dream Swimmers"



Jack of Hearts
Played his sleeve
Violins, no less,

then, 
pebbles thrown at windows
3:33

Love Lifted a Page
to another story

Dream Swimmers
Crossing Deep Oceans
with strange tides

Entranced
in the 
Sleep of Arden 

Love Lifted a Page
to Lake of Magic
a City All...

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I remember the first day my eyes fell on you. 
Saying "your beautiful" -  before a "thank you" and I blushing smile -  you ran off and left me there with nothing else...

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She sat by the river facing the crimson sky 
watching the birds fly towards the coral sea 
sitting prettily on a blanket of lavender tie-dye 
she ate her tangerine contentedly  as can be 

Accoutered...

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The contributions of women are sometimes overlooked
 But where would we be without the contributions of Katherine Johnson
 In the 60's she did finely tune
 The mathematical calculations that sent men to the moon

 Marie...

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So many women,
Lost to time.

Mileva Maric,
Helene Kaufler-Savic,
Chien-Shiung Wu.

In a world of men,
Their lights in shadow,
We’ve left their memory to fade away.

The pedestal they deserve
We gave away.
Away to men who were so very wrong,
To men who...

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Orlando has written a lot of love poetry.
Written on leaflets, they have been placed on every tree. 
Ubiquitous in the Arden woods, they are easy to see.
Orlando expresses his love for Rosalind freely.
His wording is...

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tactic twain trudging
eerie earth moaning
gaunt goddesses grooving
per punctured feelings
on hoisted hankerings
seeped'n salient scrunchies

then mystic metamorphosis
by bully bewitched
callous crest castrating

foil fates fostering:
fighting fortune furiously
nocturnal nature spilled

callous chaos's combustion
war met leisure.
      ...

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My pride fell with my fortunes." William Shakespeare
As you like It --- Act 1, Scene 2, Rosalind to Orlando

pride of life does reign
hoisting human nature’s gain
toward downfall pain

yon towering pride
that offers triumphant ride
lurks great fatal...

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