HOW GOOD TO BE ALIVE
I love this park
Its quiet its green
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ALONE IN THE SILENCE OF A LONG QUIET NIGHT
Alone in the silence of a long quiet night
I hear Peace
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Hoshanah Rabbah 5771
The night does not end
Nor does its loneliness-
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WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE/
We are all going to die
And it does not matter how good you are
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Including this poem now
Perhaps the time has come
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Am I walking the wrong road this morning?
The easier the pleasanter road.
Shouldn’ I be riding the bus
To do my small business downtown?
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SOMETIMES I READ OR HEAR A POEM
Sometimes I read or hear a poem
And know there is real Poetry in the world-
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The poems made me happy-
They made me dream
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Nothing should be taken for granted
In an instant your world can be destroyed -
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The Paradox of Poetry
Is that every poem contains its own questions-
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