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John W. May has lived in Colorado all his life. He currently works in the field of ophthalmology and loves to mountain bike and read about history. John first became a lover of poetry in 2008 after having read a poem by John Milton. He has been reading and studying the works of various poets since. His favorite poets are Emily Dickinson, Fyodor Tyutchev and W. B. Yeats.

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The Witch of Aberdeen
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Happy Coming Halloween!
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Flower of Punjab
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On Beauty Untamed
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The Maple
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The Harvesting
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On Dreaming
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Storms over Paris
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Sleep
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Nefertiti
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When Sadness Has My Soul Distraught
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The Sculptor
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State of Nature
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Candy Land
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Southern Outpost ... Lachish, Israel, 587 BCE
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The Huguenot
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Narcissus
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To the Mosquito
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The Red Sea
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Colorado Sonnet
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Ballad of a Buddhist Boy
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To a Vernal Equinox
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A Father’s Day Poem
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Those Evil Few
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Birth
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