W. Blaine Wheeler

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I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Arkansas. I have lived, worked, and travelled extensively in the Middle East, eastern and western Europe, and Mexico. I lived for several years in Cyrenaica where I wrote The Ptolmeda Elegies which will be published by Oxford University Press. I spent nine summers in the Yucatan where I studied the Mayan language, culture, and civilization. I wrote The Canticles of the Maya which was published in 2014 (available on Amazon.com; Kindle; and Nook) . I am currently completing a collection of poetry, The Moment I Saw You. After marrying a lovely British doctor in London, we moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where we have resided for 35 years. We have a daughter - also a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Arkansas - who works for the U.S.State Department. We have a son who is a PhD R&D laser scientist.)

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Longings Number 30

Fall down rain for ships far
out to sea
On other tears and thirsty travelers
bound somewhere
To a forever tideless beach.

Fall down rain for stranded spirits
barren
Of a stream to carry them on;
then
Wash away all their many stains.

Weep down rain without stopping
for me
And carry me soon to sands
or
Put me finally out to sea.

Fall down and weep down now
my rain
Of endless love on me for me
and
Bear me home to love from pain.

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