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Poem for Kerala and Tamil Nadu
The sea was once our prehistoric home.
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O how we adapted to its dark currents,
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to its India-ink i
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Homage to "Skunk Hour"
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Minds break apart at midnight,
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piece together in dreamless sleep.
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Robert Lowell poaches pen
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A View of Riquewihr
The vines have turned the color of the season —
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as red as the wine their grapes will spill.
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I pe
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Epiphany
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A star-shaped
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patch of snow,
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achingly white,
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rests against the base
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of the little white
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Mexican Still Life
The human sacrifices begin at noon. I must hurry to prepare the ruins.
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Good: The pyramids retain t
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Chichen Itza
Like a stroke of genius,
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of just plain blind luck
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rising from the jungle floor,
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the majestic r
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Love
St. Teresa swoons to herself.
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The angel’s impish face laughs
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At her pain.
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Bernini’s operatic s
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Pyrénées
I had forgotten the way to the hut that I had traveled to so many times,
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so many days. *So many mo
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The Beloved
Who knows what losses
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this infinitely rich
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and resilient heart has suffered?
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The sorrowful spl
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Dirty Hands
I have dirtied my hands
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with the agony of faith.
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Digging deep to find commitment,
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smoothing so
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