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a simple tree with glowing lights
a simple tree with glowing lights shines here, my friends, this winter night a symbol of a starlight glow that breaks the dark, that lifts the soul that stills in silence for a while with wonder of the manger child … Continue reading
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remembering the fallen on memorial day and always…
This past Sunday, Mr. Reid C*****ss told me about several of his experiences as a pilot during WWII. In a few weeks, Mr. Reid will be 90 years old. His story, however, is ageless. For sure, it will be remembered … Continue reading
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on the night table
New Blood, Edited by Neil Astley, Bloodaxe Books 1999
on the night table
Poems and Prose Gerard Manly Hopkins Everyman’s Library, 1995 The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane Edited by Joseph Katz Cornell University Press, 1972
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I’m the biggest fan of Bloodaxe Books on this side of the Atlantic. Here’s two more acquisitions to my night table… Poetry With An Edge, Edited by Neil Astley,Bloodaxe Books, 1993 “… if you want a definition of ‘poetry … Continue reading
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last day on the beach
Autumn Day Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your long shadows on the sundials, and on the meadows let the winds go free. Command the last fruits to be full; give them just two more southern days, … Continue reading
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There is a frontier-line in human closeness That life and passion cannot violate– Though in silence mouth to mouth be soldered And passionate devotion cleave the heart. Here friendship, too, is powerless, and yours Of that sublime and fiery happiness … Continue reading
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A Book of Luminous Things An International Anthology of Poetry Edited by Czeslaw Milosz A Harvest Book, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996
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RAINER MARIA RILKE New POEMS A Bilingual Edition Translated by Stephen Cohn Northwestern University Press, 1998 The Heart of the Rose Where is the outwardness to what lies here, within? Whose wound was ever dressed, bandaged in such fine linen? … Continue reading
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100 Great Poems of the Twentieth Century Edited by Mark Strand W. W. Norton & Company (June 27, 2005)
living in the present
I have missed writing for pleasure the past few weeks. Usually, living in the present is what brings the rhyme or reason to write a word or two each day; however, I’ve fallen under the curse of the Day-timer and … Continue reading
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Selected Poems William Carlos Williams New Directions Publishing 1985
alan bunn memorial chapbook
Congratulations to Cate Johnson and Margaret Mawson Tate. They are the winners of St. Andrews Presbyterian College’s annual Alan Bunn Memorial Chapbook writing competition.
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on the lonely night table
For the sufferers of post-Valentines Day empty mailbox syndrome, I highly recommend these two helpful books: Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free Elizabeth Ash Vélez and Mary D. Esselman, Warner Books, 2003 Publisher Comments: Who says you have to … Continue reading
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