David McLansky Poems

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1.
After My Death

No stillness filled the air,
The Nation didn't pause
Speechless with despair;
No limousine procession
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2.
in Praise Of Older Women

Give me not
Your nubile girls
Experts on the course of life,
Whose baby cheeks
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3.
9/11

They told us all 'to just stay put, '
Breathing ashes and blackened soot,
'Put a towel against the door, '
'Wet it first, put it on the floor; '
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4.
Answer To Valsa George's Quest For An Anonymous Lover

As I stole into your garden
The conifers thick upon the margin;
Sharp with needles that pinched my skin
That didn't want to let me in;
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5.
Vhia, Welcome

Vhia = Welcome to the Family

You radiate such sparkling joy
Your happiness contagious
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6.
Oh Where Is My Love

Bell of the morn
Streaks of red clouds
Signal the dawn;
The sun shall arise
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7.
December 22,1973

Where Julia is, I do not know
Perhaps in the Catskill woods
Sitting in a wooden house
Staring at the snow
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8.
Crocuses

How gentle the first flower of Spring,
So innocent and stout
It bursts with strength the icy ring
And waves it's head about;
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9.
When A Poem Is Done

When a poem is done
My soul is purged,
The torment released,
In nouns and verbs.
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10.
A Riff On Kevin East's Fine Poem: Morris Minor

Young man I do appreciate your kindness at the curb,

So good of you to aid me there without a pleading word;
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