\nWhere were you when that meteorite
\nFiberglassed half a continent?
\nDid you cry with us in the choir
\nOf angel rapture, back when matter
\nMeshed with concept meshed with love?
\nDid you point your K-Mart blowgun
\nAnd matching plastic hatchet
\nAs the saints came striding down the sky?
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\nWait a minute.
\nI remember you. You had a nervous face
\nAnd complained about pelicans.
\nI thought at the time that a jury of penguins
\nWould be unanimous,
\nVindicating their crash-diving friends.
\nI thought you needed some time at sea,
\nSome time to gather gravity.
\nAfter all, don\u2019t the gulls always call?
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\nIn the place I walked a little while ago,
\nA rainbow raised its arms before the sun,
\nAnd, by the shrine of a murdered child,
\nA mockingbird flew at an oriole.
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\nR. W. Haynes has taught literature at Texas A&M International University since 1992. His recent interests include the early British sonnet, and he is completing a second book on the Texas playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote (1916-2009). In his poetry, Haynes seeks to celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without sounding any more dissonant notes than he has to. In fiction, he works toward grasping that part of the past which made its mark on his generation. He enjoys teaching drama, especially the Greeks, Ibsen, and Shakespeare, and he devoutly hopes for a stunning literary Renaissance in South Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nRobin Ouzman Hislop<\/strong> is Editor of Poetry Life and Times<\/a> his publications include All the Babble of the Souk<\/em> <\/a>and Cartoon Molecules<\/em> <\/em><\/a>collected poems and Key of Mist<\/em> <\/em><\/a>the recently published Tesserae<\/em> <\/em><\/a>translations from Spanish poets Guadalupe Grande <\/a>and Carmen Crespo visit Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author. See Robin performing his work Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a> <\/p>\n