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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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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον
Read post: ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπονTell me, muse, of the man who spun a labyrinth with his words, seeking knowledge
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Poem
Read post: PoemYou speak and disappear through a crack in the wall. I hear your voice as my own,
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O How I Wish I Had Hair Like Yours
Read post: O How I Wish I Had Hair Like YoursThough you have a face like mine, still I wonder how you can run with the river
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Papa Crying
Read post: Papa CryingPapa cried last night. When I awoke, he had gone. I remember the moon
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Each Is One, but Both Are Two
Read post: Each Is One, but Both Are TwoRosa, who can always spot the elephant in a room, argued I cannot be both here and there, citing the Rule of the Excluded Rhinoceros.
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What Makes Us Whole
Read post: What Makes Us WholeIf we were fully open to earth and flower, there would be no poems,
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Lost Teachings: The Journey
Read post: Lost Teachings: The JourneyWhy me, why not a zombie? Mind matters, and vice-versa. There is something it is like to exist.
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From Prose to Poetry
Read post: From Prose to PoetrySince no one else had the time, the old man came with the child to see if the stories were true.
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Pianissimo
Read post: PianissimoI am the river you drift upon and do not know it's who you are. I carry you through a sea of changes: