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    Varied Degrees of Darkness
    Varied Degrees of Darkness
    Varied Degrees of Darkness
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    Varied Degrees of Darkness

    By Jeremy Kester

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    Set down the shades
    to hide the light
    and commit her to

          varied degrees of darkness

    Placing all ignorance above

          all truthful life

    But we strive forth
    without the candle light
    and thus to stumble

    a collection of 106 poems

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeremy Kester
    Release dateJul 1, 2023
    ISBN9798223360889
    Varied Degrees of Darkness

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      Varied Degrees of Darkness - Jeremy Kester

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      For those who sit in darkness

      Table of Contents

      daybreak

      morning sun

      no. 30

      arise

      courage hide

      a life in between

      no. 52

      more important

      a stable life

      distance

      in front of me

      through glass

      dissent

      damaged

      the impermanence of things

      defied

      curves of glass

      no. 41

      broken glass

      c & h

      solar flare

      crumbled leaf

      drawing a blank

      funny

      hide

      no. 76

      i do make wishes

      if for nothing

      in a setting sun

      isn’t life

      lacking depth

      dueling emotions

      stone

      lament

      perfection desired

      shielded

      release of words

      silent flow

      lost in time

      mightier is the pen

      escape

      nectar

      shake & sin

      life’s truth

      somber

      of silence

      patch

      never spare

      muck

      on the rocks

      shattered mind

      pitter-patter

      rain-blown streets

      spinning

      to learn to cry

      sun to shade

      still

      longing

      astray

      things

      shadow

      no. 44

      retreat

      to bed

      small desire

      no. 46

      summer heat

      wane

      to make something

      unattainable

      until

      wisdom

      absorbing the scent

      without

      call in the dark

      no. 62

      a painting

      no. 29

      absent

      bird calls

      honest approach

      a bird’s love

      asylum

      on paper

      no. 75

      no other way of the world

      the invisible

      bourbon

      no.

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