David Barry Temple Poems

narrow Han River rounds rocks briskly
tumbles through the corkscrew
passes the Taoist temple on the western shore
then finds open relief through boulder gates
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there is a secret
the dumb and lost must share
being born gives you no right
to being here
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the river so low fish cannot swim
egret flocks to the fields instead
a man can ford with dry pants
and see mossy spots to avoid the dance
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the family gathers over the rainbow of Taiwan

high above the yellow horde proletariat of Hualien
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visiting a friend as the mind travels

looking into his eyes
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Sunday, December 23,2018

Leaving Her
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Sunday, December 30,2018

Bobbie Kitten's Recovery
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Angela Joli is pretty,
with or without mastectomy,
whether or not she's reconstructive
Lets no cloud come down destructive.
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Japan's Taiwan in 1932
high school baseball playoff final
colonized inclusion
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lily butterflies, i will not forsake you
though some may think queer my adulation
perhaps they'd take solace my welcoming them
when once i would spit in their horrid faces
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