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You sneaky little humans clung on my sheep and escape my island.Odysseus, fight like a man!I challenge you to a battle, (40)Don’t you know?!Immortals are always above mortals!Although you have made me a fool,You too are one.You shouldn’t have revealed your dissimulation. (45)Now that I know your name,I shall pray to my father in the heavens every day,To unleash his godly wrath upon you!Odysseus, Odysseus, you son of a bitch,Pathetic mortal, son of Laertes; (50)You will pay for your actions,And so will your children’s children,Your whole bloodline shall be cursed by the gods.I am the son of Poseidon!I will have my revenge! (55)Nathan MoyEnglish Journal 8 (January 2008) 31
“When I was little…”When I was little, I remember watching the sunStreaming through leaves, dripping from patch to green patchSkating around shadows, swirling dust motes hanging in the airLike the dirt in my shoes, earth crumbled and hard and hot and realSneakers untied, trudging and marching and wanderingIt’s hot but I like it this way I like the sun and the skyAir hazy, head hazy, tired and aching and resentfulCracked once- black Converses, one foot in front of the otherI’ve never been one for nature, nor authorityBut when the sky is blue and the sun hot, the world tilts and I tilt with itWe skim across rivers, cold clear bitter water enfolding youNotions of beauty, harmony, peace, of unity float out of reachEthereal wisps, elusive and frustratingShould nature be this hard to appreciate?Hard ground and clear sky, leaves above like green, delicate laceNo one looks up anymore.Like a child, I do, and the world spinsHead flung back, running, turning, laughingAir and purpose clearLike a top careening across a table,Out of control, then finallyStoppingSettlingEnglish Journal 8 (January 2008) 32
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Page 3 and 4: Nathan Moy, Polyphemus’s Distress
Page 5 and 6: I’ve tried day in and day out to
Page 7 and 8: The murderer was...The murderer was
Page 9 and 10: Clouds are dark…Clouds are dark a
Page 11 and 12: Subway race trackUgh…it’s been
Page 13 and 14: DC savvyColor my TV screen becauseI
Page 15 and 16: SubwayI am aloneIn the subwayNo one
Page 17 and 18: My FutureFast paced and action pack
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Page 29 and 30: All the magic of the star gives the
Page 31: Just Do ItFlying down the iceTwo mi
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Page 40 and 41: Just A Poet.It’s not enough to fi
Page 42 and 43: WednesdaySitting in my window I sta
Page 44 and 45: Sitting in the librarySitting in th
Page 46 and 47: Epic Haiku SeriesGet up too earlyHa
Page 48 and 49: Out of box thinkingKeeps me from fa
Page 50 and 51: Applying to schoolJust does not see
Page 52 and 53: RishikeshWe piled onto a creaky old
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Page 56 and 57: ConformityA man with his lunch pail
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Page 60 and 61: The One That Got AwayThe woman sitt
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Page 70 and 71: The Collected Frustrations of the A
Page 72 and 73: Will You Marry Me?By MARY DOOLINPeo
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