Tag: poetry
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those three words…
A poem Those wordsThose three wordsThe bane of my existenceThe thesis of the paper I’ve never writtenThe end of the date I never went onThe kiss goodbye I never got or gave Those wordsThose three wordsThey end every phone callEvery birthday card, every letter homeExcept mineI can’t send these three little wordsFrom my head to…
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tension and release…
Intro. The weather is music to my ears. Crescendos and decrescendos, tension and release. Today started out without a cloud in sight. Pianissimo. It was hot, but things were moving along fine. As the day went on, the clouds appeared. Then a few more. Then a bigger batch arrives. The orchestra builds on harmonies and…
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oh, the world we live
A poem The great outdoors just came out of the washThe birds they sing a song under my close watchMillions and millions of fallen raindropsOh, they make me stop and realize We congregate, we come around to seeThe smallest leaves grow from the biggest treeMillions and millions of colors shiningOh, they open wide my open…
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Souvenirs
A poem It’s fall outside, of orange and redthere’s a chill on the airwinter’s biting at my front doorand I’ve plunged into despair The sun is setting, the wind’s suspendingon the golden horizonthe leaves crunch to my earsthe colors are souvenirsand they’re saying ‘come home son’ This is the lifethis is the listeningof words we…
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for you, Blue, wherever you are…
A poem Hidden smiles beneath furtive glancesa fluttering heart stops any advancesfor fear of reveal The world is small today’cause you’re the center of mine“beautiful” doesn’t do you justiceand that terrifies meyour soft eyes define mine The world is yours today’cause you have what I haveyou are what I have Your deft approachshuts me downsends…
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