Poems
A miscellany of poems I enjoy. Some are insightful and some are goofy and some I just think are beautiful.
For poems that I think go well together, at least looked at slantwise in a particular light, try Poem Pairings.
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I said to the wanting-creature
I said to the wanting-creature inside me
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Lute Music
The earth will be going on a long time
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The Wish To Be Generous
All that I serve will die
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Don’t come to me
Don’t come to me with the entire truth
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When it’s cold and raining
When it’s cold and raining
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I Go Down to the Shore
I go down to the shore
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We come whirling
We come whirling out of nothingness
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Waiting in Line
You the very old, I have come to the edge of your country
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Excerpt: The Kumulipo
At the time when the earth became hot… The night gave birth.