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The search may last a lifetime: Those lucky schmucks who do succeed Never speak of it again; Those that fail either throw up walls Or race around ..

Beauty sometimes overwhelms me With an agony that devastates, As when my storkweeds' dowdy buds Produce their peashot crimson slits That, by the f..

Xenophobia and paranoia Have always found hospitable hosts In the backcountry crevices of our land; Places where ignorance is cherished, Practical..

To touch one heart among the billions With petals tossed upon the breeze Is more sublime than scores of minions Chattering madly in the trees.

How we love to manufacture personal galaxies, Imbuing them with cockeyed observations And idiomatic laws of nature: Skies of slate and hills of foa..

I know how ancient philosophers felt When they eschewed sensuality And took up bookworm bickering, A pastime like knitting or baking bread Designe..

What will be the fate of this smug little poem? Will it claw its way into a reputable tome, Or languish forever, encrusted in dust Li..

Up at Sky Meadows We sweated through our circuit, Uphill and down, of four-plus miles. A refreshing ripple, a clear-sky draft Breezed across the..

If you write and revise, And in doing so, recycle Your rough and rouged drafts, Beware! Be sure to shred those pages, Lest some friend--a fiend ..

I come across death at every turn: Two squirrels today, and four birds. It's been raining a lot--is that the cause? Friends say their friends are..