Ravensong Poetry And Writing Blog by Donovan Baldwin

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the wind is rising
brave bold adventurer's blast
i must set my sails

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no hot lover i
romantic bard truthsayer
who learned how to love

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slow loving i learned
years of practice nights of pain
failed and tried again

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quietness collects
settles warmly about me
and i think of you

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how soft is the grass
mattress to lovers engaged
in making new life

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fingers beginning
her wordless paean resounds
in ancient refrain

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No reason for the wind,
It, like sun and moon,
Has its own purposes
Unconcerned with desires
Of puny mortals
Who dare each day
To defy gods of
Wind and sun and moon,
Chasing celestial bodies,
Take matters of
The Universe
Upon their shoulders,
Lifting proudly
To make it better.
No reason for the wind,
Or for Man, except,
That each is here
For their reason and each
Must follow its own nature.

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Copyright 2020 By Donovan Baldwin
Art: Willem van de Velde the Younger Ships On A Stormy Sea

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