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dixiegrrrrl

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12. I remember one of his poems that cracked me up

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 23, 2019, 01:43 PM

Sep 2019

something about a white night and his lady love riding away on a horse, and then the last line that
they would have lived forever if the horse had not stopped in front of the dragon's door.

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OK, who remembers Rod McKuen? "Listen to the Warm" [View all] trof Sep 2019 OP

OMG... Freedomofspeech Sep 2019 #1

That would be me, for one. classof56 Sep 2019 #2

"we made love and only the sea was watching" nt msongs Sep 2019 #3

I have several of his books MontanaMama Sep 2019 #4

When I was in my 20s, many years ago, a woman almost twice my age introduced me to him. trof Sep 2019 #5

And Richard Brattigan, too. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #6

"Trout Fishing in America." 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #11

I remember one of his poems that cracked me up dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #12

Oh no! lillypaddle Sep 2019 #7

maybe he did, maybe he didn't NJCher Sep 2019 #10

He did a concert MuseRider Sep 2019 #8

Oh, yes! hermetic Sep 2019 #9