A Forest Hymn

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The groves were God’s first temples. Ere man learned  To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,  And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed  The lofty vault, to gather and roll back  The sound of anthems; in the darkling … Read More

Fireworks

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Rockets red glare bombs bursting in air oh and the eardrums them too — bursting A night of fire and foom of shells that go boom bright light and sudden arc colors across the sky flies in the light of … Read More

Bridges

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Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends … Read More

Vivaldi, Autumn

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Autumn sonnet: Allegro Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances, The pleasure of a bountiful harvest. And fired up by Bacchus’ liquor, many end their revelry in sleep. Adagio molto Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing … Read More

The Space

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WHAT crowd is this? what have we here! we must not pass it by;  A Telescope upon its frame, and pointed to the sky:  Long is it as a barber’s pole, or mast of little boat,  Some little pleasure-skiff, that … Read More

What A Wonderful World

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I see trees of green…….. red roses too I see em bloom….. for me and for you And I think to myself…. what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue….. clouds of white Bright blessed days….dark sacred nights And … Read More

Winter

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A winter garden in an alder swamp, Where conies now come out to sun and romp, As near a paradise as it can be And not melt snow or start a dormant tree. It lifts existence on a plane of … Read More

Cities

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I DREAM’D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the  whole of the rest of the earth;  I dream’d that was the new City of Friends;  Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust … Read More

Dear Mr. Barack Obama,

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Thank you a lot for the constant messages sent to me by you, your loving wife Michelle Obama, the Vice President Joe Biden, as well as the other members of the stuff, informing me about the evolution of the presidential … Read More

The Choice

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[singlepic id=4 w=320 h=240 float=right]During my student’s years I tried to go to a trip on my bicycle, in Serbia (Yugoslavia, that time). Everything was fine with my documents except for the final one, the passport. I had to get … Read More

Some People

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some people never go crazy. me, sometimes I’ll lie down behind the couch for 3 or 4 days. they’ll find me there. it’s Cherub, they’ll say, and they pour wine down my throat rub my chest sprinkle me with oils. … Read More

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