Thoughts On People
Talking about oneself rivals baseball as the nation’s pastime. Much of poetry is a prime example. If “I” and “me” were removed from vocabulary, many would have difficulty speaking. A child is given...
View ArticleA Siren’s Plea
A distant siren’s faintest cry waifs In surrogate voice for one about to die. Is that an ambulance or just the wind? Wait, there it is again, nearer, Louder in crescendo piercing wail. So mundane as...
View ArticleTo A Fallen Soldier
You, leaf, lying wilted and wasted, You, blissful child, too soon taken From a life you hardly tasted. What ignoble fate of essence Unrequested and sorely rewarded, Clothing your host in springtime’s...
View ArticleWill You Miss Me
Attributes and foibles Hold no uniqueness of their own, But, rather, varied combinations Allow us each to stand alone. Of all the myriad of loves, More hurtful than to be forsaken Ranks the one that’s...
View ArticleTethered to the Sun
Like a carousel tethered to the sun, Like a dog possessed and chasing its tail, Hurtling into the vast abyss Where whirling, twirling motions preside, This earth obliges none its favor More than air...
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