Robert Johnson Poet Rhyme

Cold Comfort

Enlightened lamp post cast it's light.
Shining through the city night.
Dancing in the rays of rain.
An eye could see nothing but pain.

She lay there in a pool of blood.
Her heart stopped with a sudden thud.
A leather jacket round her shoulder.
Cold comfort as to say they told her.

No answers in the daily news.
Detectives said they had no clues.
I turned the set off, went to bed.
My nice warm place to lay my head.

But little peace would fill my soul.
Somehow I felt a lot less whole.
What can we do now that she's gone?
But do our best to carry on.

for Giorgio's leather jacket contest

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Debbie Duncan August 13, 2013 at 7:51 PM nicely done Robert,,,, I wrote one along these lines,,,,city lights . Though it's not posted. I think it's going to be a winner ;} thank you for reading Contradictions.

Harry Horsman June 15, 2013 at 2:13 PM Wow robert, this is so good, talk about visual, does not get any better than this gem....

Ilene Bauer June 12, 2013 at 4:24 PM hey robert! this is a great poem for the contest. you really painted a very clear picture and i felt the sadness coming through. ~ to answer your question, i was on the last chapter of the book i'd read twice when a character was about to find something out and i already knew what it was, so i realized that i'd read the book before. i still enjoyed it the second time, but felt pretty foolish for not realizing it sooner. ~ thanks for reading my poems!

Andrea Dietrich June 11, 2013 at 1:06 AM hey, did you finish it since I was last here. I am really liking it. So different for the contest too.

Andrea Dietrich June 11, 2013 at 1:05 AM hello, my friend, just dropping by to say thanks for your comments today.

Poet Destroyer A June 7, 2013 at 4:30 PM Hello Robert, Giorgio will love your poem. and like Andrea, the title is perfect. a comfort embrace... Linda

Andrea Dietrich June 5, 2013 at 10:56 PM hey, I LOVE the title for this one. I seem to remember it was a movie title one time too. If it's not finished, well then, it has a great start.