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5 HaikuSwirl devil wind, / reek dusty havoc. / A mustang watches.
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Feb 26, 2012
A Man Out of Time" I was not looking for a cage / In which to mope in my old age." --- W H Auden / Turning sixty-five is not without its pleasures,
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Mar 13, 2014
A Nomad Needs for NothingIn those days all thinking took place in his heart. / It had no favorite suburb, no shelter that was home, / immersed, as he was, in the Mojave of humanity,
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Jan 4, 2013
A Rolling Stone Sings to Mother TeresaTo this life, / replete in unconnected fragments, / you are glue,
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Mar 7, 2012
As the Days Decay*The rotten fruit shall be shaken* --- W. H. Auden / Do they somehow envision sainthood in the homeless / or extol the virtue of the millions toiling for minimum wage;
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Oct 17, 2015
A Woman Preens --- Collaboration of infinitetune and Brian OarrShe has decided to grow her hair. / Not for frugal reasons, mind you, / rather, to see the extent of the future.
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Feb 27, 2012
Beatniks Are Out to Make It RichThey had begun to question consciousness, / turning solid matter into fuzziness in their brains, / rendering not atoms, nor photons, nor particles,
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Feb 22, 2012
Between Body and Word ( for Lucia )She came down from Mt. Rainier / wearing khaki park ranger's garb, / a female Moses descending Sinai,
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Feb 26, 2012
“Beyond the Last Lamp"“Beyond the Last Lamp” / (Near Tooting Common) / By Thomas Hardy
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Oct 8, 2014
Bottom FishingMemories diffuse, / like sunbeams glint off a lake, / become phenomena, evade the tangible.
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Feb 28, 2012
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