Glen Kappy Poems

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71.
Refresh Us, God, A Prayer

Refresh us, God, with drenching rains
that will make our own irrigations laughable
that will make for lush vegetable growth
and heady fragrance
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72.
The Cask Of Poe And That Which Craves It

The thing inside
that craves the cask

that makes the body
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73.
The Artist

74.
Rocking

Boy on a swing
perhaps fourteen?
back and forth
and back and forth
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75.
Autumn Used To Tell

Autumn used to tell a sad tale—
for behind its beauty
the whisper of life fading—
after red and gold splendor
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76.
Jet-Lagged

"Like a moth into a blowing fan"
from sleepless hours in a flying can—
airline food, too much caffeine—
to fight a cold—an antihistamine—
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77.
Sea Legs

"Sea legs"—
what a great expression!

What we all need
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78.
Forty

Assignment taken as a last resort—
with leaving early then commuting far—
a school not known for academics—
then asked to take another teacher's classes.
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79.
Ocotillo

80.
Cross The Street

'… if a man or woman has received
a gift from our Lord, such as devotion
in prayer or in passion of Christ, or any
other… let him not leave it too soon
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