Als Poems - Poems about Als

Mother

...I wrote this for my mom since it's the anniversary of her passing today 

Today marks the day, my heart's heavy stone,
A decade has gone by, yet grief fills my heart even more so at home
Mom, I'm...

Ode aan een avondmaaltijd

...


                  voor CINDY ANSONG

Je eten is heerlijk
de pittigheid en hartige toevoeging
naar de schemering is een aangrijpende kreet
een gesloten lengte.
Als de nek van een giraf uit...

haiku : hiku : metamorphose

...haiku : metamorphose 

stillpoint explodes, bang
dark waters earth fire wind all ~ 
petals unfurl, soar
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NEVER STOP BELIEVING

...
A family purchased Peter Pan in the bookstore the other day…
and when it was time for them to go
I found myself smiling as I was reminded of a time…not so long ago.

Peter Pan was one of our gr...

Mary

...
A moment in time frozen in my mind 
a younger you standing at the cusp of summer 
Wind in your hair, light in your eyes  
that rippling laughter that gave itself away 
to me, ...
Beneath two l...

Die liebelein hat ein herz gemaln

...Danke für das da sein gewolln,
Wieso bedankst du dich bei so einem getroll?
Entschuldigung für das mein ungetreu,
Wieso bedankst du dich bei so einem hundekote?
Gedanke mache ich nicht gerne viel...

Gee jy nog om? - english translation included

...Gee jy nog om

Gee jy nog om vir jou naaste?
Sal dit so wees op die laste?
Wanneer ons moet staan op ons geloof,
Sal jy dan nog die Vader kan loof?

Gee jy nog om vir jou naaste?
Of maak jy v...

Lou Gehrig's ease

...We've heard of ALS
as "Lou Gehrig's disease"
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
a cause to pray on our knees

But Lou Gehrig felt he was
"the luckiest man on earth"*
the Yankees, and his wife
the ...

The Last Thing On My Mind

...I am sad this morning…Yes, I’m sad at how divided our country has become…
but as tragic as this is…politics is not where my sadness is coming from.

Yes, I’m sad so many politicians and people thi...

Questions and Answers

...Questions built the Pyramids,
Likewise the Internet and cable;
Questions sent men to the moon and beyond
And produced the multiplication tables.

Questions spanned the Golden Gate
And made the ...

Beautiful Even In Silhouette

...beautiful even in silhouette
i am an artist from paper to pen
you inspire my desire like the calmness of a friendly fire
a breath of fresh air you are

you take my hand as i shed tears for my Fi...

Travelling At the Speed of Light Pink

...i buy only gold glitter so that all that glitters is gold
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Gone To Soon

...I miss you 
I miss her more than words could say 
I couldn't even look at her the same way
Her skin lost of life... dull and pale
It felt like a horrible fairy tale
 ALS took her from me too soo...

Wer

...Wer hat die Welt für unsere Seelen so fremd gemacht?
Wo sind sie hin, die Nächte die uns Verständnis brachten?
Wo die Tage, die Mitgefühl in unsere Gemüter flüsterten?
Wie wussten wir  es, dass je...

Eyes Wide Shut Up

...i must
apologize
for firstly my

eyes grew
older then
my body

i've seen
them go
from dark

military
rims all
during

the nineteen
sixties until
late seventies

when allowed
to p...

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