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Central Park 2024
Central Park 2024
mcox

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

2024
2024
mcox

A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve is like a red, red rose 
   That’s newly sprung in June; 
O my Luve is like the melody 
   That’s sweetly played in tune. 

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 
   So deep in luve am I; 
And I will luve thee still, my dear, 

St. John the Divine
St. John the Divine
mcox

Peace

We, Angels and Mortals, Believers and Non-Believers,
Look Heavenward and speak the word aloud. 
Peace, We look at our world and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves 
And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation. 

Holiday Reflections
Holiday Reflections
mcox

Light

Light, my light, the world-filling light,
the eye-kissing light,
heart-sweetening light!
 
Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life;
the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love;

Sunset
Sunset
mcox

Sunset

The river sleeps beneath the sky,
And clasps the shadows to its breast;
The crescent moon shines dim on high;
And in the lately radiant west
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.

Cat
Cat
mcox

The Cat's Song

Mine, says the cat, putting out his paw of darkness.
My lover, my friend, my slave, my toy, says
the cat making on your chest his gesture of drawing
milk from his mother’s forgotten breasts.

Let us walk in the woods, says the cat.