First there was light:/ a mirror for the powerful . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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First there was light
Song Cycle by Jeffrey Ryan
1. Los Alamos
Authorship:
- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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Distill our love/ in Erlenmeyer flasks . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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Fed with fire and song/ the Sun this day has climbed . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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We wake to a cool summer morning . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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My mother's things,/ inventory of a simple life . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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I send you my love/ A flock of geese . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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My sickness disappeared/ when I began to sing . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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I would not be the millstone/ but the wind to fill your sails . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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I am the feathered shaman:/ I dream a world . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Barbara Goldowsky , appears in Ferry to Nirvana and New Poems, first published 1991, copyright ©
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