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Above

High eagles swirl in effortless circles Matching the peaks’ colours As if they have broken free from the summits Taking with them long-lasting serenity. The mountains stand above response Free in their...

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Peace By: Robert Cooperman

I was lucky, none of my family were murdered in the Shoah; my parents never mourned relatives nor sighed over anyone left behind, except a cousin distant as a Polish shtetl who lived in London’s...

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On North Between Western and Kedzie

guardian of the temple. (go before me.) showing your teeth, (god willing) the streetlight is flooding (and you’ll probably) the banks of the lane. (will all end someday) pockmarked, well-worn, (just...

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The Hoarder

I wish I had more words to give To my friend in the passenger Seat– Those silent eyes that are Wild and kind ached for More– Words that had been hiding Those unstable syllables that Spilled– Fond...

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Prometheus Laments

Prometheus Laments What trouble, oh dear Prometheus, brings to me your pleas? Do they scream, “Release us, act no longer like devotees!”   Oh universe, why do you pamper now the human race? Do you not...

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