Member Poem

rewarded once
on sight unseen
this gift’s delight
a daylight dream

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the beggar bare
he seeks his alms—
the woman walks
he’s lost his charm

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a jailed man rich
he sits and waits
in a block cell Ritz
without a gate

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winter bare
the dead leaves wait
in springtime prayer
for a lover’s mate

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unearthed in bombs
the craters claim
an ancient’s tale
of human shame

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before Creation
cast in stone
we built this world
on what was sown