An Angel Goes To Bed

It is raining
Slowly
In Detroit tonight.
It makes you think
God has
No sense of time.
Somewhere in the world
There is a girl
Who should have
Her forehead kissed
Before she falls asleep

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Trust God

Drink in the moonlight
Gazing into the lake.
Like Han Shan,
Write poems
On forest bark.
Like J. D Salinger,
Find yourself in mystical privacy.
Like Hafiz,
Trust God to dig your art.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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Determined

Dear Lady,
I set sail
For your exotic island
Of mysterious beauty
Long ago:
Tempest storms of rejection,
Nor unforeseen glaciers of anger
Or feminine displeasure
Shall never deter me.

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The Perfume of Your Presence

Share your love liberally
With the people you encounter.
The essence of that love
Lingers in the universe
Like perfume
Even after our bodies
Dissolve into the past
Like a forgotten dream.

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Sun Dress

To play guitar
In the summer
As a woman passes by
In a sun dress,

I’m so happy
To sit in the grass
With musical insects.

I never intend
To be sad;
When you see me,
I’ll be smiling.

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Make It Through This Life as If Chatting with Jesus or Buddha

express kindness when the opportunity arises;

smile in every setting of fellow humans;

have no ill will toward enemies,

if possible, define no one as an enemy;

above all, no meanness.

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Miracle of the Moment

Life is about
Beautiful kindness
And poetic desire,
Praising the candlelight evenings
And relishing the daisy dawns.

Men and women
Should provide each other joy
In the miracle of the moment.

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Did Kate Moss Ever Write Poetry?

The poet dies
In the perfumed night.
Every metaphor
Passing away
Into the infinity of silence
Should be embalmed;
I’m alarmed
That love never survives
After spring flowers
Fade into autumn!

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Prayers for London

Sadness and fear grip the populous city,
Lonely tears now fall,
But healing will begin
And hatred will be vanquished by love.

Dedicated to John C. Newton,
I hope everyone you love is well!

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Toss The Coin

On a bus ride home
Or down a grocery store aisle,
You might meet
The most enticing lover
Of your transient life
Or encounter the hands
That will grip your throat
And extinguish your existence.

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