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For Stephen, singing lessons from his friends

On How To Sing

On how to sing
the frog school and the skylark school
are arguing.

--Shiki

For Stephen in love

I've Dreamed of You So MuchI've dreamed of you so much that you're losing your reality ( Read more... )

For Stephen, natural philosophy

On Discovering A ButterflyI found it and I named it, being versed ( Read more... )

For Stephen, orphaned

Worldling

In a world of souls, I set out to find them.
They who first must find each other,
be each other's fate.
There, on the open road,
I gazed into each traveler's face.
Is it you? I would ask.
Are you the ones?
No, no, they said, or nothing at all ( Read more... )

For Jack, a wise warrior
South Atlantic, December 1811

'My God, oh my God, six hundred men.'

--Desolation Island

InsensibilityI ( Read more... )

For Stephen, awakening
Kerguelen Island, December 1811

They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones.

--Desolation Island

ProgressAnd again my inmost life rushes louder ( Read more... )

For Stephen, alive
Port Mahon, March 1805

A Prison EveningEach star a rung ( Read more... )

For Stephen
Eire, 1802

Poppies in JulyLittle poppies, little hell flames ( Read more... )

For Jack and Stephen, a marriage of true minds

Sonnet CXVILet me not to the marriage of true minds ( Read more... )