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Sean Sexton: Worth
I’ve wasted these days in the darkening hurry of the hours,
let myself—dryhanded, and ignorant—determine one aim in
deference to another. All I want to do is read and write poetry.
Somehow it spells in the distant mist that can cover this land,
sings by the chime—mesmering from that till of light to the east
whether at first sight or by bright blue afternoon such as this.
Yet art is concealed from us—
often in full apparency. The good days will come back around as
if they were never gone. Now the once-dry pond is full of flags
declaring a green Bastille Day—in full emblem—all raised out of
disappearance as amid the summer-long dissonance of machinery
in the air, comes a farthing breeze to conjure some aleatory hymn
one need only hear once to understand the world will indeed save
itself from us all.
Copyright 2024 Sean Sexton
Sean Sexton, was born in Indian River County, FL, and grew up on his family’s Treasure Hammock Ranch where he manages a 700-acre cattle operation. He paints, writes, and keeps daily sketch and writing journals. His most recent poetry volume is Portals, Press 53, 2023. He performs regularly at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV.
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It’s always good to hear from Sean. Thank you.
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Sean is great!
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”the world will indeed save
itself from us all.” Sigh.
May it be so, dear poet ❤️
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Thankyou Laure-Anne! I’m so lucky and grateful to be present in print and have such fine friends in this pursuit!
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You are right, dear Sean — you must be. You must be….
What a poem! Thank you for that. I love the form also — with that one-line stanza in the middle — a kind of volta. Beautiful.
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Needed that. But then, so often a poem pulls me from despair. Thank you.
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Thankyou Barbara!
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Yes, Sean has an amazing ability to see beneath the surface.
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Oh, Sean, I hope you are right.
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Barbara: We are what’s dispensable. It hasn’t dawned on us yet.
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