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Mercilessly, little birds..
Mercilessly, little birds Will fall upon much littler bugs, Tap away with speckled beaks And tear them into rags. They've no trouble singing after…
Sep 6
7
August 2025
Well...
I spent my teens on screens, My twenties in restaurants. Will my thirties involve More interesting haunts? Only time will tell And if not, well, There…
Aug 18
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July 2025
To a Wasp or a Spider...
To a wasp or a spider I would say: 'If you landed on me I could and may, With a disgusted flick of my hand, Send you tumbling damned.
Jul 28
6
commuting
a short short story
Jul 17
5
eclogue
Far away the park falls Surprising in the city, Grown against its brown walls Felicitously. Within its summered shade Of blue and green like jade A man…
Jul 15
6
in the garden
Watching her hands move choosingly Through dahlias, plucking, arranging As evening settles, Envying petals.
Jul 14
5
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June 2025
The Morea
The old land fails to be On these cliffs facing the sea's Thousand promontories. The waves roll in the sun Or darken in the span, Singing the songs…
Jun 14
17
May 2025
300 A. D.
In my dream the emperor sat in a ring With his most trusted confidantes: His eunuchs, his wives, his Bithynian fling, Even his uncles and aunts, As…
May 15
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April 2025
Lake Titicaca
Here where men have work to do In still unspoiled points of view, And sunset quiet evenings touch Like mother's kiss the heads of children, Lizard-like…
Apr 20
4
Epigram #?
When with the whitest neck she'll turn And let her hair like evening fall, I cannot speak, but freeze and burn, And dying do not mind at all.
Apr 4
10
March 2025
The Coach and Horses
I dedicate this poem to a particular pint I enjoyed around 2pm on a day last summer at the pub aforementioned.
Mar 23
9
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February 2025
A Gloat
For men poised like tense strings Ready to snap and go mad, Tired of hearing their wife's friends talk And miserable cries of dad! Life must be pretty…
Feb 4
8
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