The Secret Rose
Poet: William Butler Yeats
Far-off, most secret, and inviolate Rose,
Enfold me in my hour of hours; where those
Who sought thee in the Holy Sepulchre,
Or in the wine-vat, dwell beyond the stir
And tumult of defeated dreams;
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An Astronomical Question
Poet: Hafiz (Ladinsky, Daniel)
What
Would
Happen if God leaned down
Would
Happen if God leaned down
And gave you a full wet
Kiss?
Hafiz
Doesn’t mind answering astronomical questions
Like that:
You would surely start
Reciting all day,
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