VERY BEAUTIFUL POEMS
my nose
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in the dark
my nose
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you will find
my nose
in the dark
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my nose is a pink moon
you have to
take my word for it
about the pinkness
I mean
it’s dark
but prepare yourself
I must sneeze
I have a cold
and right now
no Kleenex
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nothing is beautiful until
I look at the moon
my nose in total darkness
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revision is possible
a poem should be
perfect and polished
like a nose
let’s put
our noses to the wheel
our shoulders to the brimstone
the muse will knock and
deliver the pink moon
to our door
in the dark
my nose
simple sneezing moon
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imagine if life
was so perfect
like this poem I mean
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but there are some words
that didn’t fit back there
pumpkin
evil
kneepad
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the sun
—achingly beautiful—
sets over hilltops
the other side of the world
a nose made warm
—Gary Barwin