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VIGIL INVOLUNTARY short poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
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Insomnia's night. Crickets gnaw at the stars. A linoleum moon Rolls on the sea. I track creaking floorboards To refrigerated light. Milk and cold potatoes. Memory Fumbles day's detritus. It's cold: The sky is frozen to the windowpane. |
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May be photocopied for classroom use |
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