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A hovel in the Wilderness

A hovel in the wilderness -
If I gaze long enough
Only that which is not there do I see

A dreamed vista
The mad man cries to heaven
A sullen silence

In His absence
An ancient garden grows wild
Dead lovers turned to stone waiting to awaken. . .



— Dalton, Oct 05, 2009

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Country/Region: The Celestial River

Favorite Poets: Shane MacGowan, Dylan Thomas, Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, Yona Wallach, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Eluard, Brendan Behan, James Clarence Mangan, William Blake, Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, Forough Farrokhzad, Thomas Chatterton

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amalzamani

15 years 11 months ago

no ordinary

that's what I like about poets...they always see things no ordinary man can see. what else did you see? Try to expand on this one. Enjoyable one...thanks

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