Open-air concert

How soft the faces
of listeners to music
this summer evening!

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0159 for Jerry Hughes

Who can doubt that
the heart is greater than the body,
Jerry?

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0242 The Poet's Secret Love

even before

you write

the poem

you should love

the readers

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In Praise of Euphony

The music of the poet's mind

sings silent songs to all mankind

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0019 Her Question

(dedicated to Sus Goldner and Emily Dickinson)

* * *

I -
He?

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0279 SC - Satanic Correctness

Satan's licence to condemn:
'There are more of US than THEM! '

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poem for Phillip

Sometimes there's

just a blank in the mind - no poem...

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Autumnal thought

Were I a maple,
people would flock to see me
radiant in old age.

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Dem postal non-delivery blue-hoos..

Parcel lost in post!
fortunate to be alive
and live without it..

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Haemorrhoid Ode - for Herbert

vets help lame dogs
over stiles, while
others doctor
dogged piles

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