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Pain's Requiem
The Klavasi Poet
Daggers shaped like 1,000 knives
Carving a home for my hollowed heart
Blades sharpening with each roughened force
My...
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Video 
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Poetry
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An excerpt from "The Force of Poetry"; a poetry reading and talk on the meaning, mechanics and significance of poetry. Endorsed by Maine Public Broadcasting. Find the entire film on DVD at...
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Reid Baer Interviews William James
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Pass Me By
By Reid Baer
I walk down William James street or
rather I shuffle staring at
my feet down...
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The woods grow smaller every year. My leaves
Fall green and withered. Bitter water stings
My shrinking roots. Yet I am Laurel still.
I am the tree that one time was a maid,
But that was long...
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Not just a game
(a test of patience,
skill,
a chance for us
to scratch our heads
and rap our fingers)
It was fun.
Oh what a thrill,
surprised and satisfied,
to hear that snap.
No...
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I later heard
she almost died.
Although she didn't try
to keep the fact from me,
the how and how come
wasn't mine to know.
My feelings
weren't her first priority.
So when I heard,
I had...
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Can cells sense something's wrong
when cancer starts?
The body as a whole
is self-contained,
complete,
compatible in all its parts.
Its function, features, fate
are all maintained.
What is...
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The speeding carts
in darkness lunge and squeal,
(eyes glow then fade)
down through a dragon's jaw,
passed bats and skulls.
Kids shriek with anxious awe,
but, though we duck,
few think the...
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xlviii
"I wish that woman lying there, Etain,
May have a wish." The monarch's wrath rose sore!
Although his rule he knew he must maintain
The Queen's disdain he didn't dare ignore.
He...
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