Paul Hartal Poems

How can we affirm our own existence?
Cogito ergo sum, Descartes said,
I think therefore I am.
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Darkened by whirling giant black holes
The night winks with thousand shiny eyes:

Listen Darling
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After the great flood Noah’s ark landed
on Mount Ararat, says the Bible.

Nowadays, the snow-capped summit
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For Rachel Carson,1907-1968

In La Belle Dame sans Merci
John Keats writes about the sedge
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Here the May lilacs blossom in the garden
Their fragrance sprawls in the air of spring.

Yet my mind drifts on wings of a daydream
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The search
for the meaning of life
Is not unlike a cat
that chases its own tail
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“Surgical removal of the breasts before any sign
of cancer is one way to significantly lower the risk.”
Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 15,2005
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He steers hurriedly the hardened handlebar
The light dims out in a cozy red chamber
A door of dreams opens with a moan ajar
A want of breeze lays layer upon layer.
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Once a crowd of beautiful ladies descended
to the waterfront in Xian and Du Fu saw them.
It was the third day of the third month, the time
of the Lustration Festival. In those days
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The Sun
Shone high
Above.
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