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63Route 66
I saw her in my dreams Curves that went on forever It made my heart hot, Flashing lights in ghost towns Floating like stars in butter As if time had stopped Dinosaurs make jokes As the tourists drive by But no one stops to inquire, Pale faces...
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67The Long Winter of Robert Frost
On a spring day in 1874 under the looming skyline of San Francisco an iconic figure in modern poetry was born – Robert Frost. The allure of the city however would not hold him in its gravity for long as his...
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58Dirge of the Sea
Crashing waves pay elegy The rocks keeping ryme Darkness dances in with the mist Stars a mute witness to this sublime Ghosts serenade across the wood Aching timbers groan out a song Tattered ribbons of a sail ripped past Wind whispering names...
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51The Seasons an Unwelcome Guest
The Seasons an Unwelcome Guest Those unflinching faces again doleful Religiously return to me year after year Only the lines distinguish the seasons Fluttering fire flies through their tears Fall finds them disheveled out of place Clutching...
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58His Final Masterpiece
His Final Masterpiece by Chad Taylor His heart grew old From walking this road alone He tried to reach out Across the great divide No one heard his muffled cry Until hope even died He was old Before he was young What he had seen and what he had...
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58A Ship Called Misty
Tossed and battered her wood groaned under the gale Mast and stern to and fro no wind could find her sail Darkness masked the light and the stars refused to shine Compass left in circles and no promised shore...
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57Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice by Chad Taylor The reaching of something unseen Searching through the faces unwilling to believe Voices from the banisters cry death to the dream dead to their own they lie broken at their feet- Hearts gone cold Dreams grown old...
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48The Poem Fatale
Black silk drapes dark across the banister Moaning out its elegy in the moon light Indifferent to the sounds beneath the wood Crimson stains bleed through the grandeur A jealous witness to the crime Her poem crumpled, torn misunderstood, ...
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67The Dark Horse of Poetry Dylan Thomas
In 39 tumultuous years Dylan Thomas left his broad strokes of literary genius on the canvas of human experience. One of Dylan’s greatest achievements was lauded after his death as Under Milk Wood captivated...
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76The Enigma of Emily Dickinson
Ascetic, eccentric, recluse was what many said of Emily Dickinson the elusive waif of literary genius. A misanthrope melancholy master of prose, Emily Dickinson lived in the world of paradox never seeing the outcome of her own masterpieces. A...
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