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Desert Canyon With skin the shade of desert rockBanded into golden bronze That blends in tones of red and tan, She reflects the canyon, Where high above the river bend She gazes out profoundly Onyx eyes across the chasm, My eye becomes a camera, Which seers in stone a vision Ten million years in making More astonishing than the canyon cliffs, The memory of her beauty |
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Only Need Whomever we love surelyWill one day hurt us deeply, So very deeply. For us it feels like heat burning A hole through the heart So very dark. Why are we forgiving? Love has no reason, Only need. Our love needs to be |
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Inward Ocean A distant call to freedom soundsFrom land as far away As America across an ocean Atlantic cold and gray, Is not the soul just as far? And the voyage just as hard? An inward ocean sailed across To freedom of the heart |
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The Poet How can I say no to myselfWhen I am stronger than me? Oh! to be compulsive Is all a poet can be, The businessman counts his money, The self-denied is a priest, The dog chases after desire And barks off poetry |
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Toward The MoonTo see your face shine so fair An evening blossom so fiercely raised
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