Paul Hartal Poems

The B-29 superfortress took off at 3: 47 A.M.
from the island of Tinian,
an American airbase in the Pacific Ocean.
It was August 9,1945, a Thursday.
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The number
of syllables
in the title
yields format.
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The Swiss sculptor, painter and poet Alberto Giacometti
was born in 1901 in the village of Borgonovo,
on the Italian border.
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Time does not flow as a robust river.
Nor does it roll on colorful wheels
from a dusty past
To a freaky-fuzzy future.
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Late night of every Monday
I immigrate into Tuesday.
But I cannot stop yonder.
So I move to Wednesday.
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In the spring of 1931 Will Durant sent a long letter
to Bertrand Russell. It included the assertion:
“The greatest mistake in history was
the discovery of truth”, because truth has neither
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The ocean expands
In us as liquid solid.
Organized water
Percolates through all life forms.
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