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little dark girl withkind eyeswhen it comes time touse the knifeI won't flinch andI won't blameyou,as I drive along the shore aloneas the palms..

The flies are angry bits of life;why are they so angry?it seems they want more,it seems almost as if theyare angrythat they are flies;it is not my..

some say we should keep personal remorse from thepoem,stay abstract, and there is some reason in this,but jezus;twelve poems gone and I don't keep..

at one stage in my lifeI met a man who claimed to havevisited Pound at St. Elizabeths.then I met a woman who not onlyclaimed to have visitedE.P.but..

drunk on the dark streets of some city,it's night, you're lost, where's yourroom?you enter a bar to find yourself,order scotch and water.damned bar's..

the phone rang at 1:30 a.m.and it was a man from Denver:

at the track today,Father's Day,each paid admission wasentitled to a walletand each contained alittle surprise.most of the men seemedbetween 30 and..

I even hear the mountainsthe way they laughup and down their blue sidesand down in the waterthe fish cryand the wateris their tears.I listen to the..

she died of alcoholismwrapped in a blanketon a deck chairon an oceansteamer.all her books ofterrified lonelinessall her books aboutthe crueltyof..

I awaken about noon and go out to get the mailin my old torn bathrobe.I'm hung overhair down in my eyesbarefootgingerly walking on the small sharp..

ACONVALESCIN' woman does the strangest sort o' things,An' it's wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings;O, it's never safe to leave..

They come to my room at the break of the day,With their faces all smiles and their minds full of play;They come on their tip-toes and silently..

WHEN I was but a little tad I used to hear my dear old dadTell friends about the good old days forever gone from him;My dear old kindly gran'dad..

The world is full of roses, blooming red for me I and you,They smile a morning welcome and are wet with heavenly dew,And every oak and maple, and..

The little woman, to her I bowAnd doff my hat as I pass her by;I reverence the furrows that mark her brow,And the sparkling love light in her eye.The..

Some have the gift of song and some possess the gift of silver speech,Some have the gift of leadership and some the ways of life can teach.And fame..

When the young folks gather 'round in the good old-fashioned way,Singin' all the latest songs gathered from the newest play,Or they start the..

I START the day with paper white,And put it in my old machine,And wonder whether, as I writeThe night will find my copy clean.Will this day's..

'Some day,' says Ma, 'I'm goin' to getA party dress all trimmed with jet,An' hire a seamstress in, an' sheIs goin' to fit it right on me;An' then..

Pete bristles when the doorbell rings.Last night he didn't act the same.Dogs have a way of knowin' things,An' when the dreaded cable came,He looked..

Down to work o' mornings, an' back to home at nights,Down to hours o' labor, an' home to sweet delights;Down to care an' trouble, an' home to love..

You can tyke h'it from me, 'e's as cool as a cucumber,Never goes balmy h'or loses 'is 'ead,Nothing h'at all h'ever robs 'im of slumber;Once when I..

The Summer girlIn peek-a-boosAnd open hoseAnd narrow shoes,Now trips alongThe sandy beach,While each man mutters:'She's a peach.'And now she meetsA..

THIS morning came a man to me, his smile was wonderful to see,He shook my hand and doffed his hat then promptly took a chair;Said he, ' I read your..

WINDS of the morning, whisper low,Lingered you in the valley whereSleeps my love of the Long Ago,Under the pale green grasses there?Tell me, winds of..