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The robin
The robin hops across the lawn,Flitting here, then there, now gone.He reappears without a care,Of any heartache unaware.I laugh to see his wing take flightAs he soars off into the ...
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A drab gray room
A drab gray room with drab gray lightCame to me in my dream last night.A specter of a ghostly placeInside my heart devoid of this the punishment for sin?Is this ...
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Oso Weeping
The visitor shifted uncomfortably as he took in the scene. The mother was 27; she looked 45. Her five children stared up at the stranger, unabashed curiosity gleaming in their ...
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Road signs
A familiar sign flashed past. “Hartline – 5 miles.”Lydia rolled down her car window and let the prairie wind rustle her hair. Memories seemed to close in on her. Playing ...
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Ode to a Bat
Creature of darkness and terror of night,Who dances in deepening, purple twilight,Who hunts on the wings of the starry expanseAnd clutches the dusk in a death-lock romance.You're loathed by the ...
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Poet's soul
White sunlight peaks above the windowsillOnto the pages of the book she breathless reverie she sits untilThe story's close--her heart within her sinks.What beauty lies upon the vellum page,What myster
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Threads and strands
Life is formed by threads and strandsTo try to walk them is to fall.I'm broken but I'm in Your handsI trust that You can hold it all.Why must good men ...
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Cathedral
The hush of holiness entombed withinthis dome where pageantry and faith have wed.This cup of blood, atonement shed for sin;the candles burn remembrance for the dead.A thousand years of saints' ...