Best Callus Poems

I felt I’d known you all my life 
When I met you and your lovely wife

Your daughter and grand-daughter too
A friendship forged, we will again renew

When I saw you at the airport today
Hugs and kisses came my way

Treasured memories of the days we met
These precious...

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A lovely breeze blew from the sea
That autumn day was almost done;
Her thick and wavy raven hair 
Was boldly gleaming in the sun. 

She rode her mare with idle reins
Along the vast and sprawling sand,
Deserted beach that gleamed of gold.
The seagulls flew from sea to...

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FOR PAUL CALLUS

Paul, this short poem is for you alone,
Wish you lived closer, 
I’d tell you on the phone,
You have been the cornerstone of 
Poetry for me,
A tutor in a way,
An incredibly honest person
Who writes talented poems
You write brilliantly, and you are clever,
Whether Historical, romantic,...

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Paul
Husband of Sheila, Father of Kirsty and Paul-Mark, 
Grandfather of Valentina, teacher, and friend 
Son of Pauline and Nazarene, brother to six siblings:
Joseph – Angela – Carmel – Catherine – Victor – Maria Concetta
Lover of  freedom, honesty, dreams, dark chocolate, nuts, red wine, and...

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CHARIOT OF FIRE

I stand in silence and behold the sight, 
staring in wonder, waiting for thunder. 
A chariot of fire travels through the night. 

The white-winged horses gallop in full flight 
pulling at the reins; flowing are their manes 
I stand in silence and behold...

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Passion pulses in his lines
Awe and wonder in his rhymes
Undressed is each wanton dream
Love's triumph: the greatest theme!

Cherub's voice he brings to chime
All his words etched in sublime!
Light and luscious- what a treat!
Lilting cadence: rhythmic, sweet
Ultimate the revelry
Since Paul writes for you and me

Appassionata (Paul's...

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His poetic voice rides across the sea
I could swear that Paul is speaking to me
With rhythm in his words, peace in his heart
I find Paul and I are not far apart

Collaboration takes little effort
Conflicts in tone we easily avert
In Malta he writes by soft candlelight
When...

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Washed and smartly dressed in school uniform
Judy tucks into her healthy breakfast
while watching cartoons on television.
Her mother smiles. Outside the sun shines bright.
 
     Rami wakes to sounds of jets overhead.
     He pulls his worn blanket tight...

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In another time and age 
we could have written a new page 
crossing paths on land or sea 
brushing cheeks with destiny. 
With youthful zest and joy 
our ardent quills employ 
to mix your ink with mine 
with passion so divine 
and then the words...

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Witty sweet man Paul Callus
gets better with every callous.
His many splendid poems
too good! His computer broken!


8:00 am
May 16, 2014
________________peace Paul...:D :P GBU...

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She sits in silence at the end of day
Beside the fire that barely warms the air
Her mind in anguish, threads that tend to fray
Companionless, within a room austere.

	Like a carousel swirling around me
	Are faces, places, traces of my life
	These disjointed images confound me
	Recollections sliced by...

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You are an enigma
handcuffed to the claims of stagnant love.
Why do you not respond
to baffled me?

I stare oft into your eyes...
Am offered a light-filtering screen
across a well!
Your ways are stifling me...

I am not a mind reader.
Or yet you tease a tease.
Come Jennifer,
show me your lilting...

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clad in rags, he wanders on Wall Street
   he is invisible to hustling stock brokers
       he is a man with no money, no property
          a hapless struggler of...

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We were going to visit Malta so Paul and I hatched a little plan
I’d bring pork pies over (his grand daughter Valentina is a fan)

Paul would meet us at the airport with his family
Valentina would be able to have pork pie for her tea!

I packed...

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A Lover’s Lament
(Paul Callus & Redfiery ( smriti Jha) ~ 2017)

A LOVER'S Lament 
Summer took its toll,
Dried up the waters of our love.
We found ourselves stranded
On the arid river bed
Dreaming of encroaching clouds.
We thirsted for the promise of rain
And love’s reincarnation.

Rough winds carried away all...

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