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Litany

by Billy Collins

You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...
-Jacques Crickillon

You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

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Questions Of Travel

by Elizabeth Bishop

There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streams
hurry too rapidly down to the sea,
and the pressure of so many clouds on the mountaintops
makes them spill over the sides in soft slow-motion,
turning to waterfalls under our very eyes.
- For if those streaks, those mile-long, shiny, tearstains,
aren't waterfalls yet,
in a quick age or so, as ages go here,
they probably will be.
But if the streams and clouds keep travelling, travelling,

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Harvest Hymn

by Sarojini Naidu

Mens Voices:

LORD of the lotus, lord of the harvest,
Bright and munificent lord of the morn!
Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing,
Thine is the bounty that nurtured our corn.
We bring thee our songs and our garlands for tribute,
The gold of our fields and the gold of our fruit;
O giver of mellowing radiance, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Surya, with cymbal and flute.

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The Months

by Sara Coleridge

January brings the snow,
makes our feet and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

March brings breezes loud and shrill,
stirs the dancing daffodil.

April brings the primrose sweet,

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September On Jessore Road

by Allen Ginsberg

Millions of babies watching the skies
Bellies swollen, with big round eyes
On Jessore Road--long bamboo huts
Noplace to shit but sand channel ruts

Millions of fathers in rain
Millions of mothers in pain
Millions of brothers in woe
Millions of sisters nowhere to go

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Recent Rain Poems

A New Dawn

by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

April rain comes hastily,
unexpectedly, like the fleeing rogues of
flaming, crackling farms, clattering on the
roofs of waylaid shelters on
the roads of banishment —
uncompromised,
singing light songs from a
heavy-storming sky band, grey and grieving.
Follow in the footsteps of April rain —
so light, so infrequent, and cautious,

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A Deafening Roar

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Lucia and her family lived in the desert, like orange sunshine every day.
She lived with her parents, brothers and sisters, like cacti bloom display.

Their adobe home helped keep them cool, in an area of natural beauty;
A mountainous area, with exotic flora and fauna, and midnights sooty.

Deep blue skies were invariably clear, and outdoor exertion constricted,
To the hours of dawn and dusk; to prevent wilting like a rose, afflicted.

Fantastic starry nights were in favor, and the fanciful breeze blew silkily;

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Golden Sunshine Rays

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

It was minty fresh spring and all undulating, grassy hills turned green.
Flowers emerged in sweetest perfumes, crowned like beauty queens.

It was audacious, ancient April, the month of melodious, ample rain;
Of changes here and anywhere, of bold tapping on the windowpane!

Lime green dazzled in rich orchard, as fern green graced wild wood.
Little Kayla loved vivid, peach sunshine, the kind that makes life good.

All had witnessed the fall of the sun, on cherry sunset, night of nights.

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Now or never

by Aldo Kraas

Now or never
It is a new day
I need to embrace it
And say to God
Once more
Thanks for keeping me
Alive today
Know I am going to bow
My head
And I am going to pray

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Rainy Days

by Mario Odekerken

Rain slips through the morning light,
whispers against leaves and glass.
The sky hangs low,heavy with thought,
and streets shine with quiet reflection.

Inside,the air is still,
a warm mug between steady hands.
Books open like old friends,
and the day unfolds
without needing to arrive.

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