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The book The House of the World has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and is now available on Amazon.

Category: Index of all Poems

Mary’s Birthday Party

She entered the room
as young as a virgin violet.
As bright
as the first edge of dawn.
As beautiful
as a smile in the process of happening.
Four billion
and several million
kites and ribbons old.
Not yet out of childhood,
nor enough candles
to cover the cake of Paradise.