Wladyshaw
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Winds of Fate

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Poems  by Sea and Moonlight

A Smile
I have a SEED
Somewhere within I am
Hugo
Letter to My Brother Frank
Dictation for a Dictator
An Open Door; Heed It
Toast to You
Gleaming Eyes
Said Ken to Me
Count to Satan
Loneliness
Reflective Voyage
Pick up the Pail
Death Today
Quick Life
Old Man's Whistle
God Is:
Each Season
As If Infinity
One Hears the Tune
Have I forgotten Jesus?
Brain Damage
Church Description
Den
Death in a Jungle
Ten Lines
Nature's Law
It's Still Sad
The Flea Tree
Gain or Lose
Going Away from Here
Nightmare
Talking about People
Towns and their People
Dear, Dear, Dearest
Population
Top Line
Mountains Reach
Upon these Grounds
A Ship?
Let the Timbers Shake
Wladyshaw
Winds of Fate
Sweet Young Girl
Fingers of Nature
The Lord Spoke
The Celtic Told Me
Mary
Poem to Pat
A Free Man
Poem


Wladyshaw did whisper, she whispered toward my ear.
Softly her being spoke, she spoke for only me to hear.
Wladyshaw did whisper, Lady so sure and so clear.

Around the legends of Naples, wherethe heart of time deos beat,
Somewhere absorbed in laughter is time and its grip so discreet.
Wladyshaw did whisper this, all, the legends, the beats.
Wladyshaw then touched my face, a portion so old and worn.
She kissed my ruby lips, which were sad and edging worn.
Wladyshaw, oh Lady so sure, to me all the treasures she has sworn.

Winds Of Fate

Where does the smoke go
when it rises or falls?
Where does the gray blow
when its black uncurls?
Where does the wind go
with fire's subtle pearls?

Where do the leaves go
when they wither then fall?
Where in the heavy snow
or weeds that die tall?
Where can the wind blow
the leaves of ach fall?

Where does one heart go
when it has risen to fall?
Where in the lonely snow
or crowds that die tall?
Where can the currents flow
to lead on a new call?