Lonely Assonance Poems

I once wrote a poem
without metaphors,
only words to console
a lonely soul lost in
melancholic moods
in thoughts of those
gone to soon without
a note or goodbye.
Pondering how to
probe...

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I Could Feel His Ghost Just Tagging Along

Why were there white stones arranged on the grave
no symmetry, just haphazard and crying out
as if to say,...

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That Salad Went Right Through Me


I've always wanted to write a poem called
“That Salad Went Right Through Me”.
And I would wager upon its best destiny:

To...

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Inequity....

I'm thinking loud.
Who spreads the clouds.
Like the courageous coward.
Guards the mighty from the crowd.
Who will fight for Boychild 

Who.!?!?

The creator created a father.
Like a magnet...

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Seven Revelations Born From Early Morn's Poetic Thoughts


Life Moving Ever Onward

one broken gold band
empty house, new motorcycle
fast flowing river

Robert J. Lindley, 9-29-2021
haiku


Real, Imagined And Appreciated

dreams...

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Assertive rage can compel a dart to strike viciously.
Bitterness is a sequel to releasing mutual animosity.
Contain your vexation, despite if you are incited callously.
Don't yell;...

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The moonlit sun that will not set.
Fore see's a life that no one's met.
It leaves a dimness in the heart.
Where love just has no chance...

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in tune attention 
no matter what time it is 
Soothes a racing heart....

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Went for a walk outside my head.
The emptiness made me feel dead.
Changed my mind, went back instead.
Stayed inside and stayed in bed.

All that I have...

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It creeps in like a careless whisper,
in cold nights and sleepy days.
It likes busy streets and hides in lonely places.
It rages a soft war, mind...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Quietly I spoken, true words;
To shy to say;
Too shy to say out loud;
I love you!!
Spoken beautifully and loud and clear,
For the world to hear;
I say...

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The re-membered

Speak to me of a memory that ran into the sand
taken by the high tide drifting away
but at low ebb glitter on the lonely...

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Maybe it won't be drugs that have the final say,
Or the gangs,
Terrorism will struggle to do it, 
It may not even be the battle of...

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I she a tear;
But it didn't matter;
No one love me makes me sadder;
To think that I'm alone but yet not alone;
I'm spoken for;
Is there anybody...

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