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    Royal City Poets 4- 2014
    Royal City Poets 4- 2014
    Royal City Poets 4- 2014
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    Royal City Poets 4- 2014

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    This is the 4th Royal City Poets Anthology published in 2014

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilver Bow Publishing
    Release dateJun 11, 2018
    ISBN9781927616383
    Royal City Poets 4- 2014
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    Silver Bow Publishing

    Silver Bow is a Canadian Publishing Company established in 1987. We strive to publish the best of both new and established writers in both print and ebook format. Company Overview Canadian Publishing Company (poetry, non fiction; fiction; novels,anthologies, short stories) We accept manuscripts from the international community. Query first before submitting Contact Info [email protected] [email protected]

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      Royal City Poets 4- 2014 - Silver Bow Publishing

      ROYAL CITY POETS 4 2014

      by

      Silver Bow Publishing,

      Published by Silver Bow Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 Silver Bow Publishing

      ISBN 978-1-927616-38-3 (e-book)

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      ROYAL CITY POETS 4

      Silver Bow Publishing

      Box 5 - 720 Sixth St.,

      New Westminster, BC

      V3L 3C5 CANADA

      Email: [email protected]

      Black Onyx Lake ~ Candice James

      (Poet Laureate, City of New Westminster, BC)

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      Sand dunes shifting;

      Sky cracking open;

      Stars in free-fall

      Above the lip of a black onyx lake.

      I saw stars being born,

      Burning out, disappearing;

      Angels in flight touching down on the lake.

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      Constructed with neon and gauze;

      Rainbows shedding their colours at will.

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      The sun kissed the moon;

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      Thinning the thick to the quick;

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      for Ed and Ulu Hill, Richard Pua,

      Richard & Angela Tavares

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      meditating on the holy Tao,

      on Our Lady blossoming in plumeria,

      in orange ohia flower.

      Complete enlightenment at Wailuku Plate Lunch Shack:

      chicken & shredded pork long noodle, mint, bean sprouts,

      shredded cabbage;

      combination head cheese, pork pâte sub and

      tapioca coconut milk, or

      from the glory of Spain, flan custard.

      Today, maybe even both.

      Or choice of opakapaka garlic fish, grill on rice;

      enjoying cold tap water outdoors

      beneath umbrellas.

      Ah, the beauty of getting old together,

      like reading in the paper - a precious collection of holy tangkas

      unredeemed in the pawnshop, now on offer,

      bargain cheap across island in busy town.

      We look at each other and shrug, wistful dharma bums

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      any more–

      Happy here, with just enough.

      Meadowlark ~ Calvin Wharton

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      meadowlark interrupts

      with a song so magnificent

      it can only be sung where geography relaxes

      into grasslands and table-top horizon,

      while luminous sky sweeps away

      the pitiful small concerns we humans

      carry around with us.

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      loosen and our mouths open slightly

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      Suitcase Full of Birds - Calvin Wharton

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