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Dirty, tatterdemalion in appearance
He's clothed in worn-out raiment, his hair unkempt;
Perambulating through concrete jungles with...

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Signs of summer dwindling away show themselves
Yellow buses exclaim school is in session
Children no longer fill the parks through the day
Parents breathe a sigh

Teachers prepare...

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A top the verdant mountains of nirvana,
A most limitless effulgent radiance
Across azure sky, spilled crimson horizon;
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Eleven horses traipsed single file toward home
The scudding clouds threw a snowflake now and then
A Brown bear sniffed the air and looked toward his den
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Many years ago, the thrill of traveling was
special to us, mostly in the summer months.
We planned to visit sites never seen before-
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Oh, no! How terrible that everything in the area is closed
malls, theme parks, airports, movie theaters
how at this moment that the thrill of going out...

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For years I’d begged my parents for a puppy
Sam was a surprise gift for my ninth birthday 
With his huge dark brown eyes and long...

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IMPATIENT LOVER

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The dark; the gloom; the waning moon dost shine
The beast within the pounding heart unwinds
The night’s delight awaiting sunset
The girl sits all alone

The stars shoot...

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SAPPHO'S SISTERS    Song of Ulysess

is this Sappho to whom i speak
the bride of lesbos with the low forbidden voice
who climbs the rocky...

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My mountain place beneath the storm,
a home to spirits from long ago,
the place where floating clouds are born
and look below.

The voice of Man cannot compare
to...

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I Leaped
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Saw my life indisputably clinging to a past night. 
Saw my hopes fall downward, as my heart...

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