Month: November 2019
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A Pause for Thought
A Pause for Thought I looked for that which is not, nor can be, And hope deferred made my heart sick in truth: But years must pass before a hope of youth Is resigned utterly. I watched and waited with a steadfast will: And though the object seemed to flee away That I so longed […]
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Untitled Autumn Poem
I built my hut in a zone of human habitation,Yet near me there sounds no noise of horse or coach.Would you know how that is possible?A heart that is distant creates a wilderness round it.I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge,Then gaze long at the distant summer hills.The mountain air is fresh at the dusk […]
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Before Sleep
Before Sleep The toil of the day is ebbing,The quiet comes again,In slumber deep relaxingThe limbs of tired men. And minds with anguish shaken,And spirits racked with grief,The cup of all forgettingHave drunk and found relief. The still Lethean watersNow steal through every vein,And men no more rememberThe meaning of their pain. Let, the weary […]
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To the Harbormaster
To the Harbormaster I wanted to be sure to reach you; though my ship was on the way it got caught in some moorings. I am always tying up and then deciding to depart. In storms and at sunset, with the metallic coils of the tide around my fathomless arms, I am unable to understand […]
Dan Yingst 