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The Kiss Of Life
Paperback
PhilosophyTravel GeneralGeneral Poetry
Publisher Price: $11.99
ISBN13: 9781787232983
Publisher: Dancing Yeti Books
Published: Dec 29 2018
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?
How dare these works compete
for your eyes and purse with those
of my masters, Donne and Keats!
If just one verse outlives this author's death
it may, by chance, have gained the right
to kneel before their feet, inside this arena
of infinite time, or none at all, where all things are,
from atom dust to vastest star
Each poem in this book awaits excitedly,
hoping your heart might love it enough
to bear it past that void-eyed guard,
who bars the frontier of mortality.
Indeed, to help you care, they ask me here
to speak of how their words will change your life,
with truths that purge the layers of paints,
that hide the ancient grain, until it's bare,
and live with scents, that throng the air.
But why should you believe such claims?
For only fools would eat such mouthfuls of exalted air,
instead of wholesome veg or meat.
It's best to check the path ahead,
before you take this unknown ride.
So pick a random spot to view
the verses on a page or two.
Then, if they bring you joy, to glide
from poem to poem;
or take up residence inside.
You'll find if you click the 'View Online'
that every page throws wide
its door to let you in, and thus
you may give your eyes a tour
until you growl with rage,
then dance in ecstasy,
or start to snore!
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