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  It Is Springtime

  

  By alexbrobinson, Johnson City, TN

  It is springtime in my mind when the sun rises It is springtime in my mind when it rises For the long winter of night is over And thoughts of you descend with the moon All of my children call the birds by name They stopped, however, when you told them to For you raised a hand and beckoned the ...
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  the Shepherd

  

  By alexbrobinson, Johnson City, TN

  All our fears will be taken one day Taken either by force or consent And we won’t know quite what hit us And so the lonely Shepherd will be the only one Who will look upwards towards the stars at night But our duty is not to dream of the heavens (Wherever they may be) Or hear the dancing ar...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Rational Man

  

  By alexbrobinson, Johnson City, TN

  There is danger in the voice of the rational man He has never hurled his body into the river Just to see the fish at the bottom eye-to-eye There is an unmatched brutality in his voice When he says words like “never” and “stop” We feel so ashamed in our tattered clothes Like naked pilgr...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The Garden (a short story)

  

  By alexbrobinson, Johnson City, TN

  Growing up, Sundays after church my parents typically felt good enough about themselves to take us out to see our aging grandmother in her nursing home some thirty minutes away. Naturally my little brother and I found it an annoyance on those bright almost-summer afternoons that were designed for pl...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Ten Haikus, Vol. 1

  

  By alexbrobinson, Johnson City, TN

  I. Point your full gun, sir It will go faster for me Than it will for you II. Basic, basic sky Draw back your curtains today Your audience weeps III. Terrible dream life Greatly exceeds that of a Terrible life life IV. I am so sorry You told me what you told me I cannot love yo...