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for the poetry files

cold It’s been cold since you left – drawing into my bones, implacable as glaciers. I huddle in layers of fleece and down clinging to each departing joule as a miser to his dollars And yet the thermometer speaks merely … Continue reading

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holding off the dark

This season, I seem to have been saying the same thing over and over in different ways. I’ve posted one of these here before, but wanted to put them all together, for achiving purposes. (I’d also like to mention that … Continue reading

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a light in the darkness

For several years at around this time of year, I’ve posted or linked to the lyrics to Peter Yarrow’s Chanukah song “Light One Candle”. (Here they are, with an account of the history behind the holiday.) Every year, they seem … Continue reading

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…and more

Chányuán I. The Taiwan moon keeps her gibbous watch over jungled mountains. No ping there lies untouched. Towns grow, cities are overgrown, the hungry jungle eats all: only the moon knows what was there. II. I have watched her through … Continue reading

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for the archives

A bunch of stuff posted elsewhere that I never posted up here. Skywatching Today I lay and watched the sky- after long deluges, I had quite forgot it could be blue. I think I’d forgotten, too, what a lovely thing … Continue reading

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too much to fit

        There was that time when seeing stars before night fell, from the bottom of a hole that once was a missile silo. The missile’s gone, but the menace remains – yet the stars shine down that hole.         And that time … Continue reading

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Two pairs of poems

Just some more stuff I’d written and never got around to posting here.

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The Daughters of Martha

The Daughters of Martha, since time began, Stood in the shade of the glories of man Ready to bolster the wall, if it tottered Or care for the comfort of Mary’s sweet Daughters. Ready to do whatever was needed To … Continue reading

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Two bits and a book review (Me and Mr. Darcy, minor spoilers)

Two bits: My boat will be delivered! The very day after I return home! Now I just need to write down the pronunciation of its Chinese name, because I keep forgetting it. Here’s hoping nothing on it’s been broken in … Continue reading

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villanelle: Expatriate Life

A fine example of dancing bear poetry. This is not exactly “Do go quietly into that good night”, but I’m quite proud that the bear dances at all; villanelles are hard. Expatriate Life I stand alone, in doubt to act … Continue reading

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