Belatedly Poems - Poems about Belatedly

Melodic Ecstasy

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Written: April 10, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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dawn and sunset
             on moor & windy hills
                               solemn beauty ...

NO PLACE FOR POETS

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There is no place for the poet...

We are all lost
In our last stages,
without having time
To leave a trail
Any ,
of our last memories... !

We are the new found
...

Beneath the inscrutable sky, blinded by divided eternities

...Beneath the inscrutable sky, blinded by divided eternities,
We are islands of yearning, adrift in fate,
Each bearing a mysterious longing, a desert within the chest,
And with every heartbeat, my s...

What am I - a Riddle

...What am I?
 
I’m great fun and sometimes crazy,
Loud or soft with moods quite hazy,
Full of love, sorrow, unrequited loss,
One minute happy another sullen, cross.
I see the world in shades of n...

On the silver sea, under the clear moonlight, I venture forth

...On the silver sea, under the clear moonlight, I venture forth,  
In search of songs lost in the depths of time,  
The moon, my silver guide, draws my path among the waves,  
Towards a melody that ...

64, Many More for Wren!

...64, Many More for Wren
We belatedly sing,
Uncork a bottle of wine,
For Jen “Teetotaling”,
We imbibe Jen Joy sunshine!
Annapolis is gaining as less “NYing”,
Jen Wren for out loud “Whinin’”,
Ric...

before the end of years

...Coming to an End


On the terrace this morning, it is warm, 
sun has not 
switched on the heaters yet, and wonders if the postie 
His brother was sending him chewing tobacco rolled
up in newsp...

Epigrams Iv

...EPIGRAMS IV

Improve yourself by others' writings, attaining freely what they purchased at the expense of experience.
—Socrates, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Are mayflie...

The Hypocrisy of Life and Death

...The living to themselves gossip attract,
but at death eulogies mitigate lies.
Love and care from he who breathes is withdrawn,
but his slumber does attract parties.

Fake mourners with feigned t...

The Parable of the Pipe-Down Piper

...Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
   Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash
Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’...

Mellifluous Lyrical Crushing

...crushing defeat
   in 
     abyss 
         of 
          nostalgia
                   for 
          overnight 
       reminds me 
     of 
  you 
& city lulls 
      tumult 
       ...

Evaluations

...EVALUATIONS

out
  of sight
lapsed
  into
obscurity
unfashionable
   unremembered
still noble

belatedly
repurposed
so
sensitive
  &compelling
thisss
persuasive
tension
    present...

When Wrong Goes Right

...When bad 
unhealthy
unsafe choices
speak in WRONG! voices
delivering shame,
deserving shunning
and irrepressible self-blame,

Reconsider this jump
from bad choices
to "wrong" voices
unable...

Mining Your Fountain Pen Tips

...Into the wilds
I trudge
In search of
Osmiridium
I keep an eye out
For
Thylacine
But know they
Got rid of them

I follow the tracks of
Finnegan
Who was on the run
For his life again

Th...

Poems About Dylan Thomas

...These are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I have written t...

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