Poetry There are a number of poets among the Ovi team, so we have gathered the together here.


	Happiness in grounded cows by David Barger "A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. - Rene Char
	The abortionist by Abigail George "Poets are like magicians, searching for magical phrases to pull rabbits out of people's souls." - Glade Byron Addams
	"The Lady Puzzlers" by Leah Sellers "The Lady Puzzlers, Grand Ladies, All, Their sturdy Hands of Affirmative Action, Worn and frail..."

	"stinking breath of my pen" by Mbizo Chirasha "Greasy propaganda apples for peasants, bourgeoisie for sweating corruption omelet, villagers for cassava and diet coke..."
	"Haiti my generation" by Mbizo Chirasha In memory of those who perished in the darkness of the earthquake...
	Burns Night: "Address to a Haggis" by The Ovi Team The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish memorialised as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns' poem "Address to a Haggis" in 1787, which is presented here in its original Scottish entirety (with an idiomatic translation below!) for Burns Nigh
	Words in Writings by David Barger "A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. - Rene Char
	Wintry Pleasures by David Barger "I've written some poetry I don't understand myself." - Carl Sandburg
	Global warming made me do it by David Barger "Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth." - Samuel Johnson
	The last drink of the night by David Barger "The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather." - Lionel Trilling
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