Scott Underwood Poems

Antim Sanska (Final Rite)

Take off the veil that shadows the moon of your face.
Don’t hold anything back.
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Nightingale

It all seems so anachronistic:
Touching of fingers
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Poem to You; Last Wave

after the last wave this morning
I was laughing on the sand.
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Thoughts of Tu Fu and the End of the Line

Here in the city
The onshore winds have begun to blow with Winter's frigidity.
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In Honor of Li Po: Remember Years Ago

There were tequilas all around.
A twenty year old girl from Santa Ana
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What Matters, Vivi?
You sing that Neruda poem
As the ancients
Of Machu Picchu
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To the Friend

There is a beauty in sadness
and you are beautiful.
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As the Lifeguards Bury a Seal at Sunset Beach

When I breathed in your ear, a child sprung forth.
When I smiled at your errors, another one awoke.
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While Watching the Bum from My Balcony above the Sea

If I were to believe in a heaven, it would look like this:
Wet walls of water created by swirling storms
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Sleep is for the Weak

I promised not to drink the wine;
I would be good and sober,
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