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Loved

by | Sep 15, 2015 | Poems

The day is done, the night has come Our home no longer in the sun. So quiet and still, the body fades and folds Sweet as that old brown river’s black soil plains. We slept—we did—on hot summer nights And talked and stirred the coals and looked and knew We were...

Wedlocked

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Poems

On a green hill we joined our son With a princess Around flames of burning/turning bright night. Warm hearts on cold nights We all need as the years go And the tears. Will they remember? Will they take this? Wedlocked! Warm drink body/flesh And let it be one/done ‘As...

Heart of My Hearts

by | Mar 25, 2015 | Poems

When stone blocks fall from the great grey sky And the earth splits open in the heart of my hearts And fire flows freely across the land. I take a long drive and I don’t come back Till the mother of love and the father of joy The river of mud and the barking dogs The...

Love It All

by | Nov 14, 2014 | Poems

The lips, the eyes and the hands are all parked The feet asleep The people that walked, now in sheds—counting sheep. But lounges are ready to leap to life Musical instruments waiting for strife For humming and wife. Just love these mornings of watery sun Washing all...

Imagine

by | Oct 3, 2014 | Poems

  Quiet early morning birds talking—cool new day Kitchen clock ticking—happy old floor boards Far away friends—visiting laughing Old friends close by—walking together grace Wall paintings by daughters—singing daughters Expensive guitar leaning—son’s playing...

The Dog, the Sun and Me

by | Sep 30, 2014 | Poems

The machine is full of wet clothes Time to hang them out Out there is the sun and the dog. The dog smiles at me and says, ‘Look at the day.’ She aways says that and so does the sun Unless one of them has eaten something they shouldn’t have Like a...