Come and see the old poet
Laying in his bed of ashes and dust,
His love in ruins
His mentality frozen by restless rust,
His hungry heart emptied of it’s fertile blood
His souls melodic purpose nearly gone,
The mellifluous music now so silent
The end, of a once wonderful and powerful song.
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Category Archives: Poems
Changing The Past
The past is the past for a reason
That is where it is supposed to stay
But some cannot let it go
In their heads it eats away
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Imaginary Countries: The Real World
In the real world
lovers part at morning with a kiss
and look back longingly
before they pass from sight.
They go insouciant to work
and smile at times;
their life’s Vivaldi.
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The Map of the World Confused with Its Territory
In a drawer I found a map of the world,
folded into eighths and then once again
and each country bore the wrong name because
the map of the world is an orphanage.
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An Anatomy of the World
Wherein,
by occasion of the untimely death of Mistress
Elizabeth Drury, the frailty and the decay
of this whole world is represented
THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY
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Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
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The life I really want to live only exists in my daydreams
The life I really want to live only exists in my daydreams.
There are Angels God puts on the Earth
Who care for us and guide us.
You can feel their love and gentleness
as they walk through life beside us.
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Mother
You’re a dependable source of comfort;
you’re my cushion when I fall.
You help in times of trouble;
you support me whenever I call.
I love you more than you know;
you have my total respect.
If I had my choice of mothers,
you’d be the one I’d select.
To my other mother
You are the mother I received
the day I wed your son.
And I just want to thank you, Mom,
for the things that you have done.
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