Douglas Scotney Poems

Our hearts should not need relief.

There isn't so much to know.
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In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,
a cowardly one
with his bust all stuffed with gold
got away
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'Santy,

why isn't heaven
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I aid my memory
by taking note
of where I put a thing,
when I put it.
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By luck and intent

and to the good fortune of my passengers
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The economical poet
will take a digital picture
of waterlily flowers covered in bugs
if he wants one
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A sea-biscuit is a last-resort
and a tooth-crack,
and another name for one
is a hardtack. Right?
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One that deniez
there's a prize
in every sea tale
in which there'z a prize;
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what's here
has less than what you want
so you go there
and bring it back,
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are there in 729²
than there are in 729?

729² = 9² x 81² = 9² x 9² x 9² = 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9.
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