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Sunday, 31 January 2010

by Mark Signorelli (Feburary 2010)


After your rites of mourning had been fulfilled,
My father, and the reluctant fact instilled
Of your enduring absence within my heart,
I took a volume of yours, and sat apart,
To stare at the vacant, petrified remains -
The robust thrones of inaccessible brains -
From what were men, or such as seemed like men;
And I considered how time and its discipline
Joined you forever to those unthought durations,
The vast eons of death, and the oblivious nations
That have arisen, reveled in the mirth
Of their momentary being, then passed from the earth:
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Posted on 01/31/2010 3:28 PM by NER
Comments
2 Feb 2010
Send an emailGuillermo Perez-Santalla

As I dable myself in poetry and have occasion to write I am thoroughly impressed by this deep melodious thought. It ignites the thought of any man and of course especially of a son for a father. To share the pain and deepest thoughts and still to speak of neverending perplexities of life is an accomplishment of great magnitude.

I applaud the author and look forward to more of his work



11 Feb 2010
Pamela Lakefield

Mark, I'm "blown away" by your writing.  Congratulations on its publication!  I'm thrilled for you that some of your work has been published--it deserves to be seen by the world.  And once again, my condolences on the passing of your dad.



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