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Robert S. King

A Gathering of Poems

Summer 1985

A Wingbeat of Hope

By Robert S. King

Suppose gravity suddenly floated off into space, lifting for the first time the corners of our mouths. Suppose the sky a deep blue pool and we the divers in a […]

A Gathering of Poems

Summer 1985

If God Permits

By Robert S. King

God, pretend my soul is not a gypsy. Pretend that ghosts do not cast shadows that blacken the road in front of another man. Do not pretend I am the […]