Michael Shepherd Poems

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401.
Unicorn 9

For most of those who are graced to see it, the vision’s enough –
they bring humility, are still, drink in
this creature, which for a space of time
is in this world, and yet not of this world,
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402.
! Autumn In The Northerm Hemisphere, Spring In The South..

It’s autumn here: the leaves fall brown,
the nights are cold and frosty,
the days are shorter and shorter,
there’s snow on the way…
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403.
! Another Rant And A Wicked Suggestion

Spent one hour plus on the phone
trying to book a routine visit
from the power company;
innumerable options,
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404.
0091 The Scholar - A Dutch Portrait

The scholar, in his book-lined study, sits,
walled in by printed thought in black and white;
silent; by a pool of lamplight lit;
now still in reading, or now drawn to write;
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405.
0258 While The Enamel Holds

I've just made a passable loaf:
the mixing bowl could almost
be called a Thanksgiving Bowl -
maybe, could start a fashion:
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406.
Sonnet And Sonata

May sonnet ever match sonata form?
whose opening movement catches restless mind;
whose new and ever-fresh harmonious sound
puts spark in eye and ear, and feet on ground;
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407.
That Poem

It was a day much like any other.
Too many letters to open right now;
The phone pipped and bleeped and hissed
as it recorded too many requests
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408.
0159 For Jerry Hughes

409.
! Miss Gertrude Stein Was As Light As A Bright

Gertrude Stein was on her dying bed;
(i.e. she was dying, not the bed) :
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410.
! ! A Thief In One's Own House

‘To steal’, the sage declares, ‘is to take things
not given consciously with pleasure’.

Several times my eye has skimmed over this,
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