Paul Hartal Poems

"I heard this from the village elf himself", said the rabbit.

"He is not a reliable source", said the mouse.
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Diverse, complicated and subtle,
versatile, simple and labyrinthine,
Love glitters defying definition.
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Mainstream scientists don't believe in miracles.
They say that miracles are incompatible with science,
because supernatural events violate the laws of nature.
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The ocean expands
In us as liquid solid.
Organized water
Percolates through all life forms.
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In the spring of 1931 Will Durant sent a long letter
to Bertrand Russell. It included the assertion:
“The greatest mistake in history was
the discovery of truth”, because truth has neither
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I decided to make a world record and for this end
I have just authored the shortest novel in the world.
Now here are the details:
Mind you, my record breaking novel is much shorter
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I ascend the serpentine path to the mountain
the windy summit of the grand ridge glistens.
I scale magic steps to the clouds, tinted eosin,
a gold sun walks in the blue sky and listens.
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Memories woven to monument towering to heaven
Of a sweet, gracious and wonderful woman.

Though she did nothing wrong, she was persecuted
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Peace is more
than the absence of war,
more than
the enforced decorum
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