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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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As Luck Would Have It
Read post: As Luck Would Have ItI know the boy but not his name. He could be she.
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The Place Where Three Roads Meet
Read post: The Place Where Three Roads MeetLife is good when the world slows and lets a three-footed man
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The Man Who Cried When It Rained
Read post: The Man Who Cried When It RainedWhy are you crying? Am I crying? Yes, you are. Is something the matter?
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Mistaken Identity
Read post: Mistaken IdentityWhat went wrong? All of it, down to the nails in my hands
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Carmen Nocturnum IX
Read post: Carmen Nocturnum IXAs I sit here writing tonight at my desk, I am on the river and see myself in the flow of things . .…
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Carmen Nocturnum X
Read post: Carmen Nocturnum XI want words to breathe like I do, weep and bruise. I want words to dream and remember those dreams that first set me…
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Dying Is Such a Drag
Read post: Dying Is Such a DragFault these eyes prying out the pain, a bargain this time