Rye On The Ravines is a collection of short poems
Which saw the light of the day
In 1985,
A representative work of the poet
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Had there been a book of memoirs, sketches and reflections,
Reviews and opinions,
About his rejections and acceptance of manuscripts,
Personal life, posting and placement,
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The midnight is Mother Kali,
The time to worship Her,
Call and invoke Her,
The Mother Supernatural and Nocturnal
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Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass just like
The Tennyson of In Memoriam,
Plucking the blade of grass and piping
As did he Tennyson
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The urn of my mother,
The unburnt navel and the ashes of hers,
Just a handful of
Put into the little earthen pitcher-like
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On the Face Book when opened I
Saw I the image of a beautiful girl
Posted on the networking website,
But sorry to say, I could not chat with that stranger
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I am a painter of your smile, so sweet and cute,
The smiles breaking open the lips,
Beaming with joy,
Bursting into a laughter,
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