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Poetry in Process
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10957 |
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THE ARTS
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6 / 1986 |
766 Words |
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Odine Kleiner, Emerson Randolph, and George Kovacs
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Building a Rainbow
The puddle at my feet
grew with every raindrop
I saw the trees beneath
Me falling
the clouds smoking gray
and a rainbow bursting
out from underneath.
--Odine Kleiner
Last night as you slept
I looked at your body,
your face and your hands
They told me more
than you ever had or
ever will
I decided to leave you
in the night
It was the safer way
But before I left I
climbed on top of you
and completely convered you
with me
You will not remember when
you awake
But I know you will never forget
what you don't know--
what you can't see--
only what you can
feel--
--Odine Kleiner
Odine Kleiner is a senior in liberal arts at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has been writing poetry and short stories for six years.
Tigerlilies
I recall the farm in summer:
Tigerlilies watching as we play;
The bees in clover, high on honey,
Sun heedlessly spilled along their way.
A young man waits for you, his love, to come:
His heart is hopeful early in the day.
I was the man in the pastures of green--
You've seen me in dreams: don't say you can't
Remember the streams of our laughter and song:
As long as the holy streams in the meadow shall flow,
The Angelus bell in the steeple shall go
Right on calling you home to your soul.
Don't you miss your soul,
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