I went for a walk over the dunes again this morningto the sea,then turned right alongthe surfrounded a naked headlandand returned along the inlet shore:…
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Clarity By A. R. Ammons
After the event the rocksliderealized,in a still diversity of completion,grain and fissure,declivity&force of upheaval,whether rain slippage,ice crawl, rootexplosion orstream erosive undercut: well I said it…
Called Into Play By A. R. Ammons
Fall fell: so that’s it for the leaf poetry:some flurries have whitened the edges of roads and lawns: time for that, the snow stuff: &turkeys and…
An Improvisation For Angular Momentum By A. R. Ammons
Walking is likeimagination, asingle stepdissolves the circleinto motion; the eye hereand there restson a leaf,gap, or ledge,everything flowingexcept wheresight touches seen:stop, though, andreality snaps backin,…
After Yesterday By A. R. Ammons
After yesterdayafternoon’s blueclouds and white rainthe mockingbirdin the backyarduntied the drops fromleaves and twigswith a long singing.
The Race. By A. Hoatson
Has anyone heard of the wonderful race Of the frogs and the greyhounds, the rabbits and cats? They rode it on bicycles, sixteen in all, And the umpires…
Jim’s Dream. By A. Hoatson
Jim was a boy who was fond of clowns, And thought they were excellent fun; He talked so much of them and their ways, That one night he…
With A Ho-Ho-Ho! And A Hi-Hi-Hi! By A. H. Laidlaw
With a ho-ho-ho! and a hi-hi-hi! With a canzonet and tabor, Thus, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi! We amble, ramble, gambol, I And my lily-fingered neighbor. With a ha-ha-ha!…
Weep Not For Him. By A. H. Laidlaw
Weep not for him who, in the battle dying, Lives in the lays of those he sought to save; Weep not for him who on the cold…
The Young Vets. By A. H. Laidlaw
We all know the face of the chap who can tell How he led the victorious van, Through whose terrible yell all the enemy fell Or fled from…