Daniel Brick Poems

Stay with me
when the world betrays yet again
and still demands you follow its lead.
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Three European Swords

The two rapiers lie side by side -
mistrustful, anxious to engage,
...

Who was that visitor yesterday, wearing
your emblematic clothes, speaking in your
voice, giving every sign that he understands
message, has taken it deeply within, into
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for Liza

All of us, every single
one of us will be an orphan.
...

The Labyrinth looks deep
into its mirrors.
It knows
seeing is the fundamental work
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for Baharak, Spring 2018

I did not know how young you are
inside, where growth happens slowly,
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Poetry means a clean sheet
of paper to the anxious poet.
He covers the dry page
with moist words,
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The red butterfly
flying on the lower hem
of your robe
reminds me Autumn
...

I have no occupation.
But were I a painter, I would
on my palette drip a mass
of the purest red, and at the other
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I wonder about the old astronomer.
Does he recall the heady days of
his youth following his unveiling
of one of the Universe's secrets?
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