(September l5, l948 / Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada)

Poems of Patrick White

61. Another Lightning Strike Diverted From The Oak A Moment 5/30/2013
62. Answering The Wolf 3/6/2012
63. Anyone Can Say What They Feel 11/6/2012
64. Anything Goes At Three In The Morning 8/16/2012
65. Apparitions Of The Muse 3/26/2012
66. Are You Born Yet 2/1/2012
67. Are You Sad 2/2/2012
68. Are You Trying To Convince Me 8/6/2012
69. As If Beyond Death 2/11/2012
70. As Much As I Love The Stars 8/11/2012
71. Asked What I Wanted To Be I'll Say 5/8/2013
72. At Peace With The Sadness Of My Solitude 5/23/2013
73. At The Crossroads Of Martyrs And Reptiles 12/4/2012
74. Aubade with Ambiguities 1/5/2012
75. Autumn Swings Its Bell 2/9/2012
76. Averaging Out the Crucials 8/12/2012
77. Awake and Labouring 2/1/2012
78. Awake As The Dawn Approaches 2/20/2013
79. Awake At Six A.M. 11/27/2012
80. Background Sadness. Cosmic Hiss 10/29/2012

I Showed Up With A Rose

I showed up with a rose and you said
it was the wrong colour. I showed up
with my head on a silver platter
and you asked as you danced for another
where I’d buried my heart
like the last love affair of the summer
as I watched your body move
like the moon on a famous river
where others before me had drowned

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