H.L. Dowless Poems

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1.
The Weight Of The Years

The Weight Of Years
Time knoweth not any strangers.
Unto those who lie and think that he has forgotten,
their bodies and minds may continue on in silent danger,
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2.
Life On A New Age Homestead

The barrel is on the porch a purging fat possum.
The flower is in a five gallon bucket nearly forgotten.
The apples are in the root cellar to keep 'em from going rotten.
The farmer is out in the fields just a plottin'.
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3.
That Beautiful Place That We All Know

To Salem we go,
that beautiful place that we all know,
to fill our coffers with doe,
onward to Salem we all shall go.
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4.
To The Face Upon Yon Wall

To the face upon yon wall;
did ye once grace some enchanted place,
or did ye once guard some forgotten revered hall?
Is thine image of some Inca King set in his ways?
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5.
A Vision Of Future's Glory

On a sofa of leather in the mentor's lounge I now sit,
pondering futures' test,
painting a portrait of my forward bequest
unto those majestic ancient warrior gods, whom shall allow it.
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6.
Merry Misadventure

The islands are callin', I got that endearing feeling,
the fish are biting and schooling, it's hurricane season.
The bohemians are gathering to paint, ponder and glorify
those hidden dimensions of life and the justifying reasons
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7.
The Electric Bulb Or Candle Light

Doth the light hanging above my table shine
to illuminate without the flicker of fire bright,
the wasting wax only diddles to a dripping pantomime.
But the supreme test tonight
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8.
A Wassailin' We Shall Go

Lets go a wassailin',
a wassailin',
a wassailin'.
Lets go a wassailin'
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9.
Follow The Flaming Cross

The moon is a looming quarter
as all of Glendale sit on their back porches,
gazing across the valley border.
Singing hails to god Camulus, keeping vigilant order
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10.
The Lady In The Sky

The wind is singing sweetly,
can't you taste the blood wine?
The gentle ladies are sighing deeply
as the dulcimer plays that haunting pantomime.
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