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The Collection
End of Desire: Selected Poems
One hundred poems in seven groups. Every title links to its poem, and the whole collection is there to read or download.
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End of Desire
Read post: End of DesireOn the shore the children throw stones to test their strength.
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Travel Plans
Read post: Travel PlansIf my legs will go no farther, I'll use my eyes to climb the mountain to keep my promise
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The Little Lovely Truth
Read post: The Little Lovely TruthThe little lovely truth is that it is a little truth and lovely
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What the Wind Remembers
Read post: What the Wind RemembersA soul whose breath turns to wind speaks to the young
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Only
Read post: OnlyMy ears were ringing isabel isabel There a stream in the woods There the leaves are reaching out
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You’re Looking Good
Read post: You’re Looking GoodA poem is good news whatever its mood or lack of a plum.
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Fifty Words
Read post: Fifty WordsWe blindly feel our way Along the wall, then think To dig, but never deep enough.
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Go to the Woods
Read post: Go to the WoodsHow does it feel to be different? Do I have choice? My shadow turns away.
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A Whale of a Reading
Read post: A Whale of a ReadingMab and Ahab may have more in common than their abs.