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A poem that formally addresses a person, place, thing, or idea; odes often praise or celebrate their subjects.
’Twas on a lofty vase’s side,
Where China’s gayest art had dyed
The azure flowers that blow;
I
some towers are made of cladding
some made of ivory
some burn in the night
some built by slaves
wind rushes through coarse hair
i want to complicate the term sacred, she told me
to make holy
sacerdotal: priestly
sākris: to make a treaty
Blue-white afternoon. The Bow river churns and smokes
as the city rumbles, economy chokes and bundled homeless
build cardboard homes in the snow. Yes, Walt, this is the new
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
