Month: Jan 2024
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Lonely Star
When I’m lonely I go most boldly Toward the furthest star O’er hill and dale through sleet and hail To where I hope you are. Upon yonder hill And nearer still To that cold and lonely star I spy your form upon a rock Where on misty morn a bird might cock Of a sudden…
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Brothers
How dare he who notes your tardiness, generally truancy, aloofness, pig-headedness, strong To a fault; digression – traits mine alone to expound upon That no other man might tarnish careful-wrought reputation, writ by mine tongue and your own, From without, passing judgement on what is mine alone To judge.. Writ cross the convex mount of…
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The Gilded Horde
Little I have known of love And less of mirth besides But on the windswept plain where the gilt horde rove On sands unkissed by tides. Little I have known of idling And more of the driven cob Left beside the temple writhing The spoils split to the mob. Little I have known of culture…
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SummerMummers
No man can tell with dial-shadow, nor with firmament-leant neck When languid humidity will end, or by whose decree boiling blessings are sent Question not blessings, wallow in glow, Handsome, hazy season before returning snow.
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Put upon
It’s not fair, she declares, that I am so put upon Long hard stare she waited there to see what I’d summon Not much; tis true, I’m shy as if born new Tosses purse toward my shoe, spins, spits ‘I’m done with you.’
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