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About Gabriel Rosenstock

Timeline (1949 - )

 Gabriel Rosenstock, Gabriel Rosenstock poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Primal/Tribal/Shamanic poetry

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Original Language
English
(8) I was a beggar (from Uttering Her Name)

Themes
  Smile
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Bliain an Bhandé - Year of the Goddess, by Gabriel Rosenstock
Cold Moon: The Erotic Haiku of Gabriel Rosenstock, by Gabriel Rosenstock
Portrait of the Artist as an Abominable Snowman, by Gabriel Rosenstock
Treasury of Irish Love Poems, Proverbs & Triads in Irish and English, Edited by Gabriel Rosenstock

Dar Óma
I was a beggar
You threw me a smile

I ran off
delirious
into the distance

later, tired
hungry
I sat down

now people toss me coins

I throw them back at them

all I ever wanted
was Your smile

 

 

 

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