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Best Poems Written by Femia Cools

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Haiku

images of lines
drawn in sand dunes
haiku on Mars!

Copyright © Femia Cools | Year Posted 2013



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The Cry of a Rooster

the cry of a rooster
carries the first sun-rays
over the hill into the day
streaming the rumble mumble
of the early morning rush
and the sound of school-bells
in children's voices

the neighbor's dog still barks
the kettle whistles, the birds sing
the cat winds itself around its tail
the kitchen calls for breakfast

a key to close the door
a key to open the gate
a key to start the car

in a controlled traffic jam
with drumming fingers 
watching nothing in particular
humming a song I don't really know
sipping coffee I brought from home

drive and stop and drive and slow
a liberating flush and loud honks
while my cell comes to life again 
with the cry of a rooster 
.

Copyright © Femia Cools | Year Posted 2014

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Kokopelli

it is chiefly
the hump on his back
that gives grandeur
to the gait of the bearer
more than his whistle
or his antennas

whispering
one estimates off-the-cuff
what the treasure will be
as his steps approach
proclaimed by rumor

"Water carrier was there,
snakes have been searching,
Thunderbird flew over again
and the sun has been called.
Kokopelli comes,
comes, comes...

His abundance! "

it is for ever
the inconclusive time
catching the tracks
of the carrier and his treasure
in stone
that gives him breath

Copyright © Femia Cools | Year Posted 2013

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Secrecy

"forget me not!" 
I hear your cry 
I try, I really try 
but 

where secrecy is helpful 
even required 
to log on, log in or 
simply open up, 
it hides in dungeons 
always just
beyond my grasp 

oh, www! please stay,
please stay!
I ask you:
remember me? 
okay, then 
let me pass 
let me stay!

Copyright © Femia Cools | Year Posted 2016


Book: Shattered Sighs