There was a time,
We now say: before this.
Then the long silence, the cliff drop, after this,
As the mind desperately claws back
To where hope ran wild.
~Therese Flanagan
Before This
in Poetry
poem
Cry Uncle
in Poetry
Autumnal Gold
I have you repeat the colors of leaves
saying: deep autumnal gold, crimson red, plum purple,
filling mouth and ear with remembering.
~ Therese Flanagan
Enlightenment
I read a poem by Laura Fargas that I really love; it's called Kuan Yin and can be found here, at post 32:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/81404
or here, the second poem:
http://laanta.blogspot.com/2005/09/antidote-to-politics.html
It's included in her book of poems:
An Animal of the Sixth Day (Walt McDonald First-Book Series) by Laura Fargas
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