Best Bayles Poems

The wind blows in May
and leaves on branches
dance as if they’ve found new life.

While seeking the light
of a season reborn

I ask
what must I remember
and what...

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It's like a flamin' maze out here
where I'm looking for a name,
where hawthorn hedges line the fences,
and the crossroads look the same.

I'm up and down...

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a soft refrain
silent reflections
as time fades
one life to another
faces of love
seen before
truth is
lovers and friends
they were never gone
blue luminescence in corridor
dreams to embrace
blue luminescence in...

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She whispers in winds
as limbs dance.
I’m back she says-
I’ve come back
from the frozen ground.
In her left hand
a bag of seeds
and I steal a glance
out the...

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The sign you hold:
   a) says either stop or slow
   b) is a matter of perception
   c) makes for...

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A coworker and I stand
along a lone Nebraska highway
far from home.

I stand on one end
of a work zone-
a co-worker stands
on the other

communication by walkie talkie
to...

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rising from shadows

sunlight through window
a knight without armor
apparition in the city

time to celebrate and rejoice
a get-together
endless dreams

miles counted number turn
my many incarnations

to the next screen
the...

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spring awakens
i pay the price

seeds blossom
i till soil

helping people carry groceries
i bear the weight of life

as every day
people live and die

a love song fills the...

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words i put on page
shared with librarian
at information desk
find new meanings
when read between lines
friendship defined

Bite Size Poem
May 20, 2023...

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the
cold spell
morning sleeps
I dream of spring
north winds sweep the yard
fir branches dance and sway
with eyes closed I dream of spring...

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in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams

two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died

at the...

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Today I’m just a click
away from nothingness
on internet posts.

The limbs on the tree
next door are still,
and it’s just 2 degrees
outside.

Warm air whooshes
up from the register
and...

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Papa's condemnation of prejudice...

and subsequent grim statistic one
(among millions, or more)
tragedy with feted kiss
Yarraka Bayles darling son
hoop fully experiences bliss,
yet more vehement rage
against machinations (think...

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early shadows
gray skies through window
silence eases my mind
filled with
visions and dreams

revelations of

bare limbs painted
in dark colors
with
fine strokes
and broad strokes

a sparrow calls

from where
I don’t know

I breathe

old...

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clouds shadow the lawn,
the sun breaks through
for a moment
a bird off somewhere
sings then stops
the phone rings early
someone from work
but I don’t answer
I need to vacuum...

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