Category: Poetry
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The Second Adam
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Where the four rivers ran and parted their waysIn the ancient grove in the first of daysThe Image of God woke and stretched out his handsTo join with his Creator in working the clay. One arm round the waist of his ebony bride,He crossed the garden threshold and entered DelightWreathed…
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Pantoum on the Pandemic
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They told me several things the other day:“Wearing masks could help to save more lives;”And something else that made me more afraid:“Most of this pandemic is a lie.” Wearing masks could help to save more lives?White-coats cry “This is absurd invention!”Most of this pandemic is a lie?This requires disbelief-suspension. White-coats…
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Lost Siblings
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I lie awake in the orphanage bed,The songs have been sung and the prayers have been read.The kindly sisters have kissed our browsAnd tucked us in to let us drowse. I thought I heard you gently rise;It stopped my heart to realizeThat soft, tickling sound like the trickle of slobberIs…
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The Evergreen Garden
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I used to dance in the Evergreen GardenWhere the Gardener played music and sangBut I ran away from the Evergreen GardenI’m lost and I can’t find my way. The pure snow was sleeping, the fence-lights were twinkling,The Gardener sang his sweetest songs.I twisted and tumbled and still sprang up singing,The…
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Lost Little King
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I was a lost little kingIn a kingdom of velvetAll covered with goldAnd pearls that shone.A lovely land of leisure,All of my own makingResting on the shifting sand. But then a far, foreign kingIn a castle of crimsonDemanded that IShould pay him dues.A laughable proposalFor I was my own masterSo…