L very cheery and seasonally P slyly
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
Sent: 24 December 2013 14:47
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Subject: Tomorrow's poem today
*Before any bird this morning *by Richard Kessling & Lawrence Upton
Before any bird this morning, I heard
the wind; then, perhaps a minute later,
trees moved. Separate yet bound , like sharp lightning
and its pursuing thunder. So I'd thought.
Some days ago, those bright flashes were clear;
yet no sound followed. Death comes on slyly.
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