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commonplace poem

I read my poems down in townBy the ancient abbey groundsSome stopped to listen, even to applaudGood Lord!Others just walked,…

Then the world was cold like snowAt least maybe I felt it soI wore a long dark overcoatNow it’s faded,…

the gardener Read The Gardener of Kabul the trumpeter Read The Trumpeter of Kabul

I’ll take off this faded overcoatThis bleach-stained t-shirtMy worn jeans and dust-encrusted desert bootsLay them downThen wash myself of sweat…

Wastin’ time wid words an’ songsAin’t here gonna bake no sconesWon’t neither butter no crumpetsFoolin’ wid dem poems an’ trumpetsBut…

The season of the rains has comeSo suddenly, so strongSky black, water fallsYou’d think the falling rainMight just wash you…

The inviolable chance of the wind between the gustsIn the trice of calm mid-current in a boulder’s leeIn the wink…

The bird flies in the nightIts path is trueWhere will it alight? A citadel stands upon the hillIts walls are…