Song to the Stadium Stair Climber
Drag, oh stair climber, those heavy legs.
Let burn, those lungs, each deep drawn breath.
Look down upon each concrete tread that begs
The failing will to quit. But nay, that's death
To high achievement. Up, up, up!
Oh climb another riser. Once more
Again. Each brings thee close to sup
With ancient heroes. Feel the muscles sore,
As players in the field, as runners on
The long gone cinder track. Let soar
The beating heart. The whistling breath, in song
To endless pain, will gain the greatest height.
And when you heave your failing body, right
Next the colonnade, behold the sight.
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List of Poems:
Songs of war
1. Song, on reading Hitchens' Good Time for War
2. Alexander
3. Reconciliation
Birthday Songs
1. Birthday Girl
2. Travel
Stairs in and around Harvard College
1. Stadium Sonnet
2. Gund Hall Stairs
3. Harvard Coop Stairs (Tree of Knowledge)
Odd Songs
1. Piss Tish
2. Poison Ivy Blues
3. The Boston Room
Peace and Love
1. Sea of Love
2. Distant Moon
3. Anti Faustian Pact
4. My Tin House
5. Love Song
Old Age
1. To Jack
Eternity
1. In Memoriam
2. The Judge |