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The Trees Are Down
--and he cried with a loud voice:
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea,
nor the trees--
--REVELATION
They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of the gardens ( Read more... ) -
The Rainy Summer
There's much afoot in heaven and earth this year ( Read more... ) -
Dinosaur Love
On the Museum of Natural History's 4th floor ( Read more... ) -
Peña's Son
A friend in Zimbabwe
called and said
"It's just like Long Island
only every once in a while
you look out the window and see
a rhinoceros."
-Diane Burns
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Telephone Booth Number 905 1/2
woke up this morning
feeling excellent
picked up the telephone
dialed the number of
my equal opportunity employer
to inform him that I will not
be into work today
"Are you feeling sick?"
the boss asked me
"No Sir" I replied:
I am feeling too good
to report to work today,
if I feel sick tomorrow
I will come in early
-Pedro Pietri
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An Improvisation for the Stately Dwelling
This fall morning is pretty much ( Read more... ) -
I Started Early -- Took My Dog
I started Early - Took my Dog -
And visited the Sea -
The Mermaids in the Basement
Came out to look at me -
And Frigates - in the Upper Floor
Extended Hempen Hands -
Presuming Me to be a Mouse -
Aground - opon the Sands -
But no Man moved Me - till the Tide
Went past my simple Shoe -
And past my Apron - and my Belt
And past my Boddice - too -
And made as He ( Read more... ) -
Feedback
The woman who wrote from Phoenix
after my reading there
to tell me they were all still talking about it
just wrote again
to tell me that they had stopped.
--Billy Collins -
What She Said
When he told me he expected me to pay for dinner ( Read more... )