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assistance
by Darrin Ciccotelli
You have the vague hope. Like a fritillary
it ekes along the perimeter of what
you can see. It is some consequence of youth,
this idea that you can be revived.
Until then, each day seems like that
apartment you’ve lived in-unfurnished,
wet with primer. Then the weekend is gone,
television having usurped it with
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head of the year
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civilisation
by Carl Phillips
There’s an art
to everything. How
the rain means
April and an ongoing-ness like
that of song until at last
it ends. A centuries-old
set of silver handbells that
once an altar boy swung,
processing . . . You’re the same
wilderness you’ve always
been, slashing through briars,
the bracken
of your invasive
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excerpt from 'ulysses'
by Tennyson
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. -
to be of use
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sonnets to orpheus, part two, xii
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we are running
by lucille clifton
we are running
running and
time is clocking us
from the edge like an only daughter.
our mothers stream before us
cradling their breasts in their
hands.
oh pray that what we want
is worth this running,
pray that what we're running
toward
is what we want.
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prayer
by Galway Kinnell
Whatever happens. Whatever
what is is what
I want. Only that. But that.
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start
by Buddy Wakefield
i’ve been lonely for a long time now, hoping anyone
who i perceive as better than me will scoop me up on
a night kite rescue mission and love me so hard that
i can finally forget about this feeling left over from
all the years my blood was boiling. dear gravel, it
doesn’t work like that. if anyone ever loves you that
hard, hard as you’ ( Read more... )
