Poetry from the Writer of Light

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Friday, July 14, 2006

MAGNETIC POETRY A LA SPAM

MAGNETIC POETRY A LA SPAM Dusenbury, I just arrived. Disappear in your city, Hacking someone PC. Star, adore fortitude. Matches had been serial, Performers unceremoniously began Mount, knowing the form Position in a different Rash. Five minutes later, Foreign money flitted Edgewise. Ann, bong!... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Waiters at His Table

WAITERS AT HIS TABLE Fog of night eases away at sunrise, and what is far off slowly becomes more discernible as our seeing of this world and our perceiving of this day and others are awakened by the One who brings both fog and firey sun. Borne by time and stars, the dawn is His sedan chair, and He... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Song, by W. H. Auden

"Song" by W.H. Auden, from As I Walk Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks, and Other Light Verse. © Vintage Books. Song The chimney sweepers Wash their faces and forget to wash the neck; The lighthouse keepers Let the lamps go out and leave the ships to wreck; The prosperous baker... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 10, 2006

A Stick Held to the Fire

A STICK HELD TO A FIRE Awaken to birdsong and skies of fire! Coming sun ignites the clouds, night burns away in orange flames that quickly fade to pink, then only gray overcast ashes. Dawn pulls us awake from dreaming, and like the sky we too are full of fire as the light of dreams still burns until... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 9, 2006

June Evening, Old Part of Milton Township Cemetery

JUNE EVENING, OLD PART OF MILTON TOWNSHIP CEMETERY Fireflies drift about the tombstones, winking in and out of existence like ghosts as the sky turns the gray of granite, evening dark as death while beyond the newest markers the vacant grass awaits those yet living. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 8, 2006

An All-Time Favorite - Jane Kenyon's Let Evening Come

Let Evening Come By Jane Kenyon Let the light of late afternoon shine through chinks in the barn, moving up the bales as the sun moves down. Let the cricket take up chafing as a woman takes up her needles and her yarn. Let evening come. Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned in long grass. Let the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 7, 2006

Coyote Words

COYOTE WORDS I want my words to sing; instead, they yap and whine on moonlight nights. I want my words to dance; instead, they skulk and prowl. I want my words to be seen and heard in high places; instead, they scatter garbage in rural backyards, they chase prey through obscure fields and woods I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006

Abandoned Farmhouse

"Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser from Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985. © University of Pittsburgh Press. Abandoned Farmhouse He was a big man, says the size of his shoes on a pile of broken dishes by the house; a tall man too, says the length of the bed in an upstairs room; and a good,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 5, 2006

STEREOTYPES

STEREOTYPES Hide the women! Protect the children! What you are about to hear is DANGEROUS!! Ready the rail, the tar and feathers! Gather the wood for the fire, Drive the stake firmly into the ground! Close your minds against pollution, Ready yourself for the wave of evil! Be ready to flee Lest... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 3, 2006

For Independence Day: Emerson's Concord Hymn

Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world, The foe long since in silence slept, Alike the Conqueror silent sleeps, And Time the ruined bridge has... Sign in to see full entry.

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