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The Dying Wit

March 26, 2019July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

"O what a bitter jest it is," complained the dying wit...

On the Afterlife (You know, the thing that comes after the Beforedeath)

January 6, 2016July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Oh there’ll be no forty maidens,/Cloud-clad angels, sainted bliss...

Callimachean Distich

December 2, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

One can die from anything, from Werther to the Phaedo...

The Wall in Iraq

November 25, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ 1 Comment

The deepest past’s mere meters down...

The Death of Virgil

October 15, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Phoebus descends on Megara, beats down/the crops with his coming...

Psychebabble (or, When I die I want to be made into a nice chest of drawers; or, There’s no man speaks better Latin)

September 23, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Nothing is speaking to human consciousness...

words

July 13, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ 4 Comments

words/echo with the ghosts/of almost wholly-lost/worlds...

A Variation on a Theme by Porky Pig

June 24, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Death never jokes...

An Ode on Facebook

June 16, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

You who enjoy the famed pastoral form/Might like this ode on Facebook, blue and warm...

Anger at an Anthology

April 28, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Fuck sake! Not more bloody death!...

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