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John Pauker

Younger Poets

Autumn 1941

Fable for Easter 1941

By John Pauker

He was the last man freeThe rest were spiesHe knew it by their handsTheir lips their eyes And knew they watched him closeAll day all nightHis life a prime conjectureIn […]

Poetry

Winter 1958

At the Beach

By John Pauker

The children and I played At the green edge of land The ocean was of jade They buried me in sand They buried me in sand And I became their […]