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A Poem by Vol
If there is such a thing as
time,
I have often thought
it
must be like a book,
every
page an infinitely thin
slice
of eternity, static, w..
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A Poem by Vol
Sometimes
I wonder
if
it was Helen’s face
that
brought the sack
of
Troy. I mean, really?
Maybe
it was something
else,
sweet k..
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A Poem by Vol
LIKE MY
BACK
AIN’T
GOT NO BONE
It
is hard to get comfortable
in
this tall chair
today,
because
yesterday
was,
at
lea..
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A Poem by Vol
She
called and said,
“Ty
invited us to
songwriter’s
night.”
A
round of Nashville
maestros
for our
listening
pleasure..
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A Poem by Vol
Something
about the way
a
disarray of atoms collided
deep
in the gaseous past
conspired
to ordain that
it
would rain today
on
my para..
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A Poem by Vol
Rain
dimples the water,
under
furled sails; the
gentle
rise and fall of
the
hull is a quiet
bass
drum to echo
like
distant thunder...
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A Poem by Vol
How did it come to this?
Those times we walked the
creek,
tossed rocks, and climbed old
mossy
trees a hundred yards off the
path..
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A Poem by Vol
When I need to soothe
the
burn, I have to find
a
certain quality of light
filtered
through old trees
budding
young leaves while
the
..
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A Poem by Vol
I built that coop out there
on
the first two acres I ever owned
It
was for the Parmenter Red hens
we’d
raised from day-old chicks.
I
w..
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A Poem by Vol
Other patrons
puffed expensive
cigars,
arguing
investment strategies
and major league
scores.
But the ale was
cold and delicious
at the ..
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