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Up on the Roof ~ Dooley
Up on the Roof You wonder why it is they write of it, sing of it,till suddenly you’re there, nearest you can getto flying for jumping and you’re alone, at last,the air bright. Remembering this, I go with my too-light jacket up … Continue reading
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Moon Hammock ~ Sandburg
Moon Hammock When the moon was a hammock of gold,And the gold of the moon hammock kept changingTill there was a blood hammock of a moon–And the slow slipping down of it in the west,The idle easy slipping down of … Continue reading
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What Grandma Taught Her ~ Stephenson
What Grandma Taught Her She hates to besomewhere without something to do.They are off pettingthe animals that don’t have a real home.When she gets like thisher hands and feet fidget her mind wanders as faras it can in all directionsand keeps looking back.Give … Continue reading
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Solace
Solace It is certainly the mystical hour of the dayBefore the sun descends, withBirdsong among pine trees,It is certainly this hour above othersMutes the action, the passions of the day,Holds in suspension the terrors of life. This June hour of … Continue reading
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Companions ~ Gardner
Companions Oh, Pen, move swiftlyDown the pages of my mindLest vision fail me And words come slowly, like dreamsConfounding, unremembered. yes, drink joyfully.Drain the ink from my mind’s wellAnd let fall the muse. Dear Emily knew:Thoughts gone up the mind … Continue reading
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The Juggler ~ Silverstein
The Juggler The juggler is juggling an egg,And now he is juggling two.Now lookee, heIs juggling three.That’s a very hard juggle to do.And now one more—That’s number four,Four flying eggs and then . . . It’s FIVE . . . now SIX . … Continue reading
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here yet be dragons ~ Clifton
here yet be dragons so many languages have fallenoff of the edge of the worldinto the dragon’s mouth. some where there be monsters whose teethare sharp and sparkle with lost people. lost poems. whoamong us can imagine ourselvesunimagined? who among us … Continue reading
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Poem on Your Pillow Day
So, I learned that today is, “Poem on Your Pillow Day”. Observed annually on the first Tuesday in May, a time to celebrate poetry by leaving poems on the pillows of loved ones. The holiday was created by Tweetspeak, an … Continue reading
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Summer Dusk ~ Simic
Summer Dusk You’ve been the love of my life, Light lingering in the sky At the close of a long day Over the roofs of some city Like New York or Rome, As streets empty in the heat, And shadows … Continue reading
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Shadow ~ Nye
Shadow Some people feel lost inside their days. Always waiting for worse to happen. They make bets with destiny. My funniest uncle gave up cursing bad words inside his head. He says he succeeded one whole hour. He tried to … Continue reading
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