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The Laughter of Lazarus--Poems of Faith & Doubt
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Expressions of American Writer Dan Davis--dd
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Caution
CAUTION Cautious they watch me, Judgmental they view— Who does he think he is?— Drinking champagne, listening to jazz— I read, once and so long ago—that uneased Them—I existed like text to be read only In page. These many years later...
Day of Thanks
DAY OF THANKS The leaded crystal goblets holding water, wine— The two o’clock bell summoning gourds into soup Terrines, fanciful and fraught—the birds of the Air free from hoarding and fretting—the celebration Today with lace borders serves...
Little Master
LITTLE MASTER —for CMD Little master, when I am gone, the gold rings on my fingers Will be yours—I hope like clover they bring you luck. We are only once men but twice boys. You thought I was something— your hand in Mine—your footstep in my s...
Clay Jars
CLAY JARS An energy I never had—an eagerness read as aggression—so I let it die by forgetting to water it—and more than that, I stomped at the roots and let the rain of tears drown out dreams of ivy walls and campus malls—replaced by sawdust ...
Why Do I Ask?
WHY DO I ASK? What do I ask—why do I expect? You go a friend Tells me to someone who is more judgmental of You than you are of yourself. I go, I ask, I ask, I Listen—to a judgmental Mormon with words Sour to match the face—the teeth a block...
The Long Weekend In Three Acts
THE LONG WEEKEND IN THREE ACTS —The Triumphal Entry The faces in the crowd—the lonely American crowd—waving nuns he Stopped for only later would call up The comparison to the veiled widow, Mother of Sorrows to the slain man’s Memory and his c...

