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THE FIVE YEAR PLAN
Once the tax payer flow is found, The project runs the institution into the ground, As inefficiency becomes the lazy way To support bad actors to be professional in the officious, elaborate play Which...
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I LOVED AND I LOVED AND I LOVED
I loved and I loved and I loved. They hated and they hated and they hated. So I loved a little more. And I waited. They were in the antechamber, and I was in the hall. They were discussing me, and I...
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READING HER MIND
Was it good for her, too? I knew she knew I loved her, too, But maybe she thought I was Tyrannosaurus Rex, So she had to be secretive, she had to perplex, My super cool, Obama-loving ex. I wonder now...
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AFTER THE EMBARRASSMENT OF LOVE
After the embarrassment of love, The lover is hated more Than possible before. After the excitement, they’re dumping their copies of Fifty Shades of Gray. The most beautiful thing in the world will...
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CONFINED
The more she lets herself be confined, The more she rejects herself in her mind. The more her confinement she knows, The more carefully she goes, And takes such painful care To see that she’s not...
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THE END (OR WHATEVER TITLE YOU WANT)
Now that I’m happy and have a good life And the one I love has become my wife, There is no more need to write poetry. Poetry is just me going back over me. Poetry is my disappointment and sigh. Poetry...
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INDIAN POETRY —AUGUST
Welcome to August, and a look at 7 more contemporary poets of India writing in English. Rohan Chhetri writes poetry which is both tender and stiff; his predominant phrase: “Grandfather died.” Poetry,...
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A FRIEND WHOM YOU LOVE
A friend whom you love is the one you should love— But some are vile whom we love, and could never be our friend— Yet love and friendship are how they pretend To be who they are, and so we love them....
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WHY ARE YOU EMBARRASSED BY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC?
Why are you embarrassed by beautiful music? When beauty walks slowly through the garden path Why is it your habit to look around nervously and laugh? When Vivaldi sung by a soprano is soaring Why do...
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A BEAUTY READING
A beauty reading is the only thing Which makes my heart fall at once. When I see a woman reading, only then, Do I want something that might happen when Poetry comes into my soul, wondering What women...
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SOME WRITE POETRY FOR PEACE
Some write poetry for peace, Some write poetry to get excited. She’s the one I love! The only one I’ve ever loved! See where the moon smoothly joins my cause, And now the night sky is the moon’s best...
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THE FEELING WITHOUT THE PICTURE
The feeling without the picture Is failure of poetry and failure of love. Yes, we can feel! Even if what we feel isn’t real. If love succeeds, the beautiful picture Makes you feel as the poet feels....
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HOW TO BEG BY ANDERS CARLSON-WEE
How To Beg, by Anders Carlson Wee Will not be published, unfortunately. Readers of Anderson Carlson Wee’s book, Concluded the editors, after a second look, Would not be the beggars themselves, But...
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THE COLD WAR
We parted on strange, ambiguous terms; Our love is dead, but still beautiful, with lively worms. No goodbyes. The vindicated heart stirs the vengeful mind. We were as cruel in the end—as in the start,...
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SENSITIVITY
My sensitivity is a blessing and a curse; I’m nice, but a snake When the vain, sensitive things I love are really at stake. A stolen cigarette, or a stolen love, make me lose my mind. Sensitivity must...
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AMERICA WAS NEVER THAT GREAT
There is a certain dissatisfied type who hates Those perceived as superior—saddest of fates! All strive to be better, comparing themselves to others, And some compete with love and good will, but...
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CLEOPATRA
Cleopatra worked at my café. Gradually she added paint to her face And became more beautiful every day, She got more beautiful every time I visited the place, Which was often, because I liked the...
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I WRITE ON WHAT I JUST WROTE
Poets who are not critics, you should take note. The poem worthy of itself is writing critically of what it just wrote. If your poem hates criticism, your poem does not denote, But sinks to muddy...
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FOR MY REVENGE
For my revenge, I remain young and green, Making sure spring laughs, and the laughing mountains are seen. For my revenge, my glad youth parades Past your planted memories, cool and shaded, Which your...
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HUMAN SACRIFICE
Everything that is necessary is a ritual, And a ritual is only finished when we do it alone. Religion belongs to our solitude, The sacrifice done by the sharpener of the stone. You laid things out the...
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