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15th February
Today's just a day / That's not Valentine. / No roses, no wine.
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May 22, 2010
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So many years have passed since first you sought / the lands beyond the edges of the sky, / so many moons reflected in your eye,
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May 22, 2010
A ghost complains about blackberries
And I have nothing else to do again / But walk these halls and wish I wasn't here, / But picking berries in a country lane.
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May 22, 2010
A lamp to my feet
I heard there was a secret metric foot / that David knew was favoured by the Lord, / and when he penned the psalms he'd often put
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Jun 22, 2010
A love song
The ones who breathe below the wave / have tales of how I should behave, / but should I sing, or comb my hair
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Apr 9, 2011
A memory
Naught but a moon of purple / the naked hills along; / the voice of the ancient river
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May 23, 2010
Among those born as humans on the earth
Among those born as humans on the earth / within their mind the mirrored planet lies: / the universe contained behind their eyes,
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May 22, 2010
And so I ask to share your thunderstorms
Here as I sit and number pretty jewels, / the colours small and shining as they stand / arrayed or strewn, in lines as though unplanned
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May 22, 2010
And yet you show surprise
The world's so queer, and yet you show surprise / to find him solid in the midday light. / He looks at you with strangely laughing eyes.
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May 23, 2010
Angels
This wall you build around angelic things / to keep their halos shiny-bright, instead / you'll never hear the sound of downy wings.
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May 23, 2010
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