life consumes today
has no need of tomorrow
love denied grows weak
life and love together
our guarantee, our being
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hap (210 Poems)Texan, former US Marine, Vietnam vet, retired carpenter, new to poetry and writing of any kind, but enjoying the freedom of expression. Hope you like what you read. Feedback, good or ill, is appreciated.
- A Cold White Light >
he loved the
cold white light of the fog
flowing around his legs
wispy and ephemeral
yet hard and impenetrable
wrapping him in its arms
hiding him from harm
(160 characters incl. spaces)
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- Familiar Paradise >
my familiar paradise
is curled on the bed
languid body
moving seductively
inviting me in
I’m helpless to refuse
(139 characters incl. spaces)
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- Raven (haiku) >
black fading to blue ~
quiet dawn pierced by a ~
raven’s raucous caw
(69 characters incl. spaces)
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- Life Is A Feather (haiku) >
a cold north wind
chills my ancient bones
life is a feather
(60 characters incl. spaces)
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- Muscadines >
trailing vines
of muscadines
we picked them
in late summer
wild grapes in hand
barefoot and tanned
growing up
is such a bummer©
(128 characters incl. spaces)
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- mockingbird tanka >
a mockingbird
on my porch railing
singing his desire …
“Put A Spell On You”
lingered in the summer air ©
(114 characters incl. spaces)
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