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Arthur Boyars

Poetry

Summer 1949

Funeral

By Arthur Boyars

Friend, you were my child My mother also Ages long past: The worm is dead in the shell The spark lit its ruin: Saw my reflection Stretching in crannies of […]

Poetry

Summer 1949

Lovers in a Park

By Arthur Boyars

The claw protective flung About her shoulders’ haven, Decrees nor you nor I shall touch His starveling heaven; Her stars low sockets hold, Thin lips her hollow, Pale tongue through […]