Best Courteous Poems

I watched the sun settle in behind the orchard
The same way an old man
Would settle into his favorite armchair
At the end of the day.
Slowly, almost reluctantly,
The sun slipped below the horizon.
Darkness came upon the land
As the eyelid of the sky
Closed over the earth.
The sun was...

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As I was driving along the Garden State Parkway 
Radio on, thinking kind thoughts 
I came upon a toll booth 
A long line of vehicles was ahead of me 
An old man tried to merge in 
Drivers refused him 
I waved him ahead of me...

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I sing my dormant swoosh,
As I lie in wait for my moon.
With my breeze I give shore lovers a push
As the star follower is lost too soon, as clouds swoon
The naive navigator fears his maroon

My heart melts at the price of your energy at night....

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Short-term hell
Long-term heaven
I cannot get even
With change ringing bells

I can live
With senses perked
Poised for change and its work
What's there to forgive?

We excel
We stay trying
Let humor seep on in
Good efforts will compel

Short-term hell
Long-term heaven
What's there to believe in?
Good change means us well

All life age
Time is kinder
We...

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A courteous curtain
Looked thready with fine silk
Scenting of my core
Which led linger rose in my mind
And with no fleeing ticks
But almost ding-dong devotes
Potent day and night
Shrouds,when I come in
Shields,when I come out
Dripping that cotton every moment
For not to streets cowslips
To steal me from her role
Let...

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