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You have taken back the promise
That you spoke so long ago;
Taken back the heart you gave me —
I must even let it go.
Where Love once has breathed, Pride dieth,
So I struggled, but in vain,
First to keep the links together,
Then to piece the broken chain.
But it might not...
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O Love, Love, Love! O withering might! O sun, that from thy noonday height Shudderest when I strain my sight, Throbbing thro’ all thy heat and light, Lo, falling from my constant mind, Lo, parch’d and wither’d, deaf and blind, I whirl like leaves in roaring wind. Last night I waste...
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O thou so fair in summers gone, While yet thy fresh and virgin soul Inform’d the pillar’d Parthenon, The glittering Capitol; So fair in southern sunshine bathed, But scarce of such majestic mien As here with forehead vapor-swathed In meadows ever green; For thou–when Athens reign&r...
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Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower–but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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for years now
he's been pretending
it's too late
to do the things
he should have done
©Alison Williams
Tanka SplendorAward 2003
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Far, so far off
in a far off land
you think of me as always even
while driving down to work or
when you get caught up in a traffic jam or
just window shopping at the mall....
familiar colors, familiar odors
a touch and
a single drop of rain on
your eyelid
that fell through tim...
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By day looking for fruit
amidst the foliage of the heart
we eat: the insects and I
you eat: the sparrows and you.
By night looking for water
alongside the moats of the heart
we drink: the wasps and I
you drink: the horses and you.
And they drink: the clouds
which are placid by da...
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If I were a bush
in this room
when you arrive you’ll be
a huge flock of
little finches
and instead of doodles
on the paper
in this room
while I wait
I would intertwine my branches
in dance poses
and blue flowers
of sugar water
I would bloom
among my leaves
If i...
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That he was near to you so many a year But darkens your distress. Would you he were less worthy and less dear That you might grieve the less? He was a golden font that freely poured What goldenly endures, And though that font be gone, its bounty stored and treasured Still is yours. The past is deat...
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There is something about it that begs a caress,
That woos for a stroke and a gentle, soft kiss,
It rasps of virility, roguish and sure,
And possesses its own manly allure.
It yearns for a touch with a cheek pressed just so,
That leaves my skin with a reddish, warm glow,
The sandpa...
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When a feller hasn't got a cent
And is feelin' kind of blue,
And the clouds hang thick and dark
And won't let the sunshine thro',
It's a great thing, oh my brethren,
For a feller just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly sort o' way.
It makes a man feel queerish,
It...
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Frankie and Johnnie were lovers
sweet Christ how they could love
they swore to be true to each other
as true as the stars above
but he was a man and he done her wrong.
Frankie she lived in the cribhouse
the cribhouse had only one door
she gave all her money to Johnnie
who...
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From thee, Eliza, I must go, And from my native shore; The cruel fates between us throw A boundless ocean's roar: But boundless oceans, roaring wide, Between my love and me, They never, never can divide My heart and soul from thee. Farewell, farewell, Eliza dear, The maid that I adore! A b...
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Cocoon — so precious and matchless to me
Your shell — so whole, and so serene
Like green leaves to which you'd clung
Your heart longed for morning's song
Oh — such love, your soul did breed
Like an ebb tide in a gentle reed
Your vessel — an ageless photogra...
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Life, like a spark of lightening
breathing, strong and bold
beyond far-reaching horizons
Encompassing the globe
There, within a beating heart
the soul of all mankind
inspired to search eternity
for the pathways of our lives
Goals and aspirations
driven by nature's quest...
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Go from me, summer friends, and tarry not:
I am no summer friend, but wintry cold,
A silly sheep benighted from the fold,
A sluggard with a thorn-choked garden plot.
Take counsel, sever from my lot your lot,
Dwell in your pleasant places, hoard your gold;
Lest you with me should ...
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Living ash burns upon this earth A gift of pain from hand unseen, Tears of blood upon a child's face Wash over shattered dreams. Crimson days with constant glare To burn our mark within this rust, If only we could turn around To see the footsteps in the dust. World within a land far away Barren to ...
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The glimmer of the limes, sun-heavy, sleeping,
Goes trembling past me up the College wall.
Below, the lawn, in soft blue shade is keeping,
The daisy-froth quiescent, softly in thrall.
Beyond the leaves that overhang the street,
Along the flagged, clean pavement summer-white,
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Now it's over, and now it's done;
Why does everything look the same?
Just as bright, the unheeding sun, —
Can't it see that the parting came?
People hurry and work and swear,
Laugh and grumble and die and wed,
Ponder what they will eat and wear, —
Don't they know tha...
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Never love a simple lad, Guard against a wise, Shun a timid youth and sad, Hide from haunted eyes. Never hold your heart in pain For an evil-doer; Never flip it down the lane To a gifted wooer. Never love a loving son, Nor a sheep astray; Gather up your skirts and run From a tender way. Never give a...
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For this my mother wrapped me warm, And called me home against the storm, And coaxed my infant nights to quiet, And gave me roughage in my diet, And tucked me in my bed at eight, And clipped my hair, and marked my weight, And watched me as I sat and stood: That I might grow to womanhood To hear a wh...
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Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns And once below a time I lordly had t...
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my father moved through dooms of love 34 my father moved through dooms of love through sames of am through haves of give, singing each morning out of each night my father moved through depths of height this motionless forgetful where turned at his glance to shining here; that if(so timid air ...
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I believe in the world and its bigness and splendor: That most of the hearts beating round us are tender; That days are but footsteps and years are but miles That lead us to beauty and singing and smiles: That roses that blossom and toilers that plod Are filled with the glorious spirit of God. I bel...
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We was speakin' of folks, jes' common folks, An' we come to this conclusion, That wherever they be, on land or sea, They warm to a home allusion; That under the skin an' under the hide There's a spark that starts a-glowin' Whenever they look at a scene or book That someth...
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