January 2012
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The human spirit craves mastery over its carnal shell
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“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic....”
– Albus Dumbledore
December 2011
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Sestina on Six Words by Weldon Kees
I often wonder about the others Where they are bound for on the voyage, What is the reason for their silence, Was there some reason to go away? It may be they carry a dark burden, Expect some harm, or have done some harm. How can we show we mean no harm? Approach them? But they shy from others. Offer, perhaps, to share the burden? They change the subject to the voyage, Or turn abruptly,...
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The world isn’t against you my dear, it just doesn’t care.
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A Dream Sestina - By Donald Justice
I woke by first light in a wood Right in the shadow of a hill And saw about me in a circle Many I knew, the dear faces Of some I recognized as friends. I knew that I had lost my way.
I asked if any knew the way. They stared at me like blocks of wood. They turned their backs on me, those friends, And struggled up the stubborn hill Along that road which makes a circle. No longer could I see their...
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