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January by W. S. Merwin | Poems Rethabile Likes

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January by W. S. Merwin | Poems Rethabile Likes January by W. S. Merwin So after weeks of rain at night the winter stars that much farther in heaven without our having seen them in far light are still forming the heavy elements that when the stars are gone fly up as dust finer by many times than a hair and recognize each other in the dark traveling at great speed and becoming our bodies in our time looking up after rain in the cold night together Poet: @W. S. Merwin Online: @SilverBirchPress Book(s): @ThriftBooks ...
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When We Are Weak by R. S. Thomas | Poems Rethabile Likes

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When We Are Weak by R. S. Thomas | Poems Rethabile Likes When We Are Weak by R. S. Thomas When we are weak, we are strong. When our eyes close on the world, then somewhere within us the bush burns. When we are poor and aware of the inadequacy of our table, it is to that uninvited the guest comes Poet: @R. S. Thomas Online: @RoundHousePoetryCircle Book(s): @ThriftBooks Facebook Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp X Reddit Telegram Email Copy link ...
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Another World by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes

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Another World by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes Another World by Rethabile Masilo Distance is pleasure to feet. I walk up and down these streets so long that snow touches my face with its fingers, as if the street was a form of penitence and night its shadow; the people I pass cast theirs across my monumental shape like they know I left in the basement where this all began your letters on a shelf, with the faces of their stamps shocked at the speed at which the years move on. And this was at the time our road was plain, and we lived love and found distractions everywhere, like the day we did it in the Y of a tree and you plucked a plum and ate...
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