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For God and Crusty

October 8, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ 2 Comments

What can the nationalist reply/When reptile naturalists imply/That even mighty Urland’s glory,/Like a mite, is transitory?...

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...

a swan skein breaks the water

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

a swan skein breaks the water spanish arch/cloudy corrib like the dog’s tail sweeping...

Two Sonnets in June

June 9, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

'Volta' & 'Turn'

Rose

April 5, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Fading into the photograph some of your classmates,/No less important, no less alive, but not you—you stand out...

Reel

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

[frame by frame]/I have pieced you together from glimpses...

Februa

February 12, 2015July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Life is not possible of emptiness,/Emptiness not of life—/But all that I can give, I give,/And lose that you might have...

Two Poems

May 6, 2014July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Nameless, that is what I must be...

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