Casey Truax
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Insert CoinA Poem by Casey TruaxWith every quarter in the slotThe sunset riders rode again,Felled the evil rancher from his perchWho grumbled out his dying wish:Bury me with my money.. |
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The Virtuous CyclesA Poem by Casey TruaxThe towers touch the tethered sunAnd darkness draws on silent wing;The doge of day bestows his ringTo shadowed seas and dusk is done.From star to star.. |
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BackgammonA Poem by Casey TruaxLike nature Darwin rolled the diceAnd dug up the buried stones.Lewis Carroll covered blotsAnd Thomas in his MonticelloMade his points to stand.J. Edga.. |
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Halloween Is OverA Poem by Casey TruaxGather up the purple aprons;Fill the steel drum with scythes.Haul the panels and the shelvesAnd sit against the wallWith your wrists upon your knees.T.. |
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Yellow SunA Poem by Casey TruaxThe yellow woman in the yellow dressDanced on the yellow shore;She swayed the water with her handAs ebbing tides of sunset lappedHalf-sunken ships of .. |
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The Fruits of KnowledgeA Poem by Casey TruaxIf knowledge were an appleIt would be no Red Delicious;Those showroom specimensAre flavorless and mealy.To know is not so sweet as FujiNor so tart as .. |
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Saturn's ChildrenA Poem by Casey TruaxVillanelle on the French Revolution. |
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Neon and ChromeA Poem by Casey TruaxThere was a diner of neon and chromeWith walls that shone like a bomber plane's noseAnd seat cushions red as a pinup girl's lips.There was a checkered.. |
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Where Silence Has No LeaseA Poem by Casey TruaxAs you enter through the open doorsThe drums are being battered,And though the crowd is vastThey will not let you go unseen.Generosity is a virtueWhen.. |
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The Breath of LifeA Poem by Casey TruaxListen to the muses, Orpheus,Through the trees,For they say the soul is borne along by wind.Watch the misty dawn of reason, Aristotle,Where mystics tu.. |
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