Uriah Hamilton Poems

The marvelous music of the river flowing,
The serene meadow and the shy deer,
I dream there are no cars,
No hum of engines and the modern world,
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If I close my eyes,
I can see you in a floral dress,
Happy and smiling;
I fall in love with you
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The gorgeous nymph is gone,
She has left our simple island
Where we played in the sun
And drank sweet wine.
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Li Po liked to drink
Beneath the intoxicating moon
And write illuminating poetry
More translucent than a thousand stars
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I find myself praying to Jesus
When once again
I’m lost in an unsympathetic city
Feeling lovelorn and alone
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I don’t know how to walk
From the rusty streets of Detroit
To the sunlight of San Diego
But I appreciate every intelligent lady
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I’ve been ensnared by love for you,
Your sleeplessness, your moodiness,
Your poetry of a hundred broken hearts,
Your youthfulness worshipping music
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She was a young sweet kid
Wearing a black choker
On her scrawny teenage neck
Living in a fatherless home
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Beaujolais in paper cups
Beside an alley dumpster
Beneath a praying streetlight—
Holding hands in a grimy city,
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