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Poems by Stephen Compton

 

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Odalisque

      remnant

            isle


One hundred

     and one

           of nothing


Odalisque

      remnant isle

            of


One hundred

      and one

            of nothing

 

Plume

Plume.

An ostrich feather in a hat.

A curling, ascending,

dissipating tower of smoke.

A spreading, slowly thinning

fan of contamination

from the innocent power plant.

A disease vector.

A comet's tail.

Plume.


Fullness

The pulp of watermelon,

papery and watery at once:

It is summer.

 

The apples, sweet and hard:

Fall, winter, spring.

 

The blackberries in the backyard,

food for the early birds:

 

So many years.

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