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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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There Must Be Singing
Read post: There Must Be SingingIt is true that these times are dark, but when was it not? I am reading Thucydides,
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The Poet Speaks of Darkness
Read post: The Poet Speaks of DarknessAll poems are dark. Sometimes it’s a puddle or a clown waltzing
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May This Man of Infinite Jest Rest in Peace
Read post: May This Man of Infinite Jest Rest in PeaceAs the Late Great John Berryman said before he pushed himself off a bridge: no jest but jostles truth.
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Rhyming Is Overrated
Read post: Rhyming Is OverratedWhat she said left a bruise that’s now a shiner: You’re a rhymer, not a poet.
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Don’t Come Home
Read post: Don’t Come HomeWere I to sleep in Penny’s bed and tell her I must be off again to make my peace with the sea
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Dragon-Child
Read post: Dragon-ChildSee the Dragon as a child. The burning house is a door. The Sea, our destination.
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There Is Something I Wanted to Say
Read post: There Is Something I Wanted to SayI eat apples and pears Speak in a quiet loud voice A train snakes through the window
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The Stuff of Kindness
Read post: The Stuff of KindnessLike light to those who themselves are like trees