Sunday, July 20, 2025

1188. Poem - Thomas McGrath -

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How could I have come so far (And always on such dark trails) I must have traveled by the light shining from the faces of all those I ha...
Friday, July 11, 2025

1187. The Ticket - Anne Porter

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  On the night table beside my bed I keep a small blue ticket One day I found it In my pocket book I don’t know how It got there I...
Monday, July 07, 2025

1186. Brown Penny - William Butler Yeats

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I whispered, "I am too young." and then, “I am old enough”. Wherefore I thew a penny To find out if I might love. “Go and love,...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

1185. Nothing Is Lost - Noel Coward

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Deep in the sub-conscious we are told Lie all our memories, lie all the notes Of all the music we have ever heard  And all the phrases th...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

1184.Let No Charitable Hope - Elinor Wylie

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Now let no charitable hope Confuse my mind with images Of eagle and of antelope I am in nature none of these I am, being human, born alone, ...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

1183. The Silence Now - May Sarton

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These days the silence is immense. It is there deep down, not to be escaped. The twittering flight of gold finches, The three crows cawing i...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

1182. Poem For Nelson - Sylvia Miles

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September 22, 2004 For Nelson: not a week has passed  since you left us. That I haven’t Missed your guileless southern smile Your pile of sh...

1181. For Sylvia - Nelson Sullivan

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For Sylvia, a million kisses. Few are hits: most are misses. What chance has a superstar To hear the far-off praises? She glides in star...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

1180. Castilian - Elinor Wyle

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  Velasquez took a pliant knife And scraped his palette clean, He said, “I lead a dog’g own life Painting a king and queen.” He cleaned his ...