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Article: GLORY.(Poem)
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- Poetry
- Article date:
- August 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Modern Poetry Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Though a moment of glory every once in a while
Isn't too much to hope for, it isn't likely
In the one hour of the day remaining
Now being filled with a family movie.
Here is the comfort of familiar shadows
But not the glory of leading those shadows
Out of the flickering dark, into the living present.
Maybe if I keep the distinction clear
I can pride myself at least on a glorious honesty.
The sight of my cousins, uncles and aunts,
Huddled around the cake with my parents
On my seventh birthday shows how cherished I was,
A boy likely to grow to manhood
At ease with himself, confident of his gifts,
Daring the loneliness ...
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