Category: Poem
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Grand Illumination
I think about you a lot this time of year Among the turkey commercials and the Christmas lights You’re not here In another state but I hope you’re alright My memories are warm Even on cold days Remember we’d gather in your old car Your brothers and sister and as many as could squeeze After…
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Portrait of a Friend
Your picture hangs on my wall It’s of us just 6 months ago One of our few get-togethers from adulthood I wonder if we’d hang out more if we could One picture compared to the many from when we were teens I wonder what happened to all the time in between Your smile doesn’t sparkle…
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The Glowing Tree
Orangey paper Crackling in the breeze Among a cotton candy sky Light blue and pink Golden sun sinking behind the trees It’s just my dog and I Standing in the grass Walking, breathing, being I hope this moment won’t pass I stare at this glowing tree Probably like Moses looked at the burning bush I…
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Acorn and Twig
She looks just like an acorn Round and forlorn She says I look like a twig Bent, behind glasses and a too-big shirt It’s later in the day and I’m indifferent We meet in a small space Like two packages in a FedEx truck It’s uncomfortable but I’m afraid I’m stuck She tells me she…
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Running in Jeans
I was driving home And saw a man running alone He was strangely dressed Red sweatshirt Big chest Lean In his jeans Running I wondered, was he hurt or stressed? He didn’t look back He came to the intersection and had to cross the road He hesitated, unsure of which way to go I kept…
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The Line
There’s a line on the page where I look It’s on the website next to an author’s name A date on one side, nothing on the other The line holds Or rather does that man hold the line Since it hangs there Straight on the page Black. Listless. Destined to connect to something on the…
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Aspiring Writer
You’re all someone I aspire to be Pen in hand, paper at your fingertips Eyes and mind attuned Observing, thinking, connecting dots Spilling it out on the blank page Out of nothing come the plots You’re not daunted by barren land For your tool is the pen in your hand That white sheet, that blinking…
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Welcome, Fall
The summer is ending Leaves are drying up Sun setting sooner Water temperature dropping Time isn’t stopping No. It’s marching, as they say Forward to the future Here it is, September My soul beckons the fall I doubt my old friends remember me at all For it’s now been three summers ago When we are…
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Joseph
I read his obituary today It was short and belated He was only 38 Something in his wake has me frustrated I knew more about him than the post revealed But I didn’t really know him, did I? In that small memo his spirit appealed He was morbidly overweight Could barely breathe as he walked…
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I Look to You
Sometimes I wonder why You bother If I’m being honest There’s a lot wrong here I know it’s nothing new You’ve seen all these problems before The greed and the hate Injustice abounds The scales aren’t balanced It seems there’s no righteousness to be found There’s doors and walls, locks for a reason Weapons in…
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