Best Eager Poems

Thank you to my friend, Robert Lindley, for another joint project, 
every bit as rewarding as any of the rest.

Rise At Dawn's Soft Spoken And Eager Sun's Reprieve
A collaboration with Robert Lindley
6th December 2018

Let forests pure and pristine, live to give great hope
that man can...

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Rise At Dawn's Soft Spoken And Eager Sun's Reprieve

Let forests pure and pristine, live to give great hope
that man can see true Light beyond his darkened scope

Nature gifts us beautiful truths and savage scenes
despite we wanting blue skies, meadows verdant greens,
far from heat of concrete...

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Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of these worldly bars,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Julius Caesar Act 1, Scene 3 
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Eagerness
So strong
As strong as steel
For you...

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Red apples sway in 
the breeze, beavers underneath wait
for abandoned treats


9/3/11...

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Now before we get started let me tell you this.
Twenty five years I've been out of school.
Not one single day of it do I miss.
My writing is mine & there are no rules.

My words are delivered with a lot of  passion.
Every verse is straight...

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I must now learn how to laugh!
   Does it start with a smile?
            Maybe not even,
        A tilting of the head
    ...

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""Papa" "What about Spring ... ? 



"I don't know Son?"


Killdeer' draw you away from their nest, Bluebirds holler to all about it, hungry Father Fox he knows about it ... .


Kinder yes I think much gentler Spring, when the rejuvenation is just first arriving reminds...

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eager for fresh air

sandman’s stardust fades
nightmares flee through open panes –
breeze ushers in sun

squinting, I wake up
memories of terror gone –
bright, glorious day

wrens on window ledge
nature’s plentitude finds me –
eager for fresh air



*It’s the escape from nightmares and the joy found in nature that make...

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There are some things in life
That you never forget
Buried deep down in your soul
Your very first kiss
Your first two wheel bike
The very first cookie you stole

Nothing quite compares
To a lifetime of memories
A treasure trove to cherish forever
Your sixty-five Corvette
With a 350 engine
Feelings never equaled ever

Nostalgic...

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When eager eyes meet
Words are not necessary
To say what they feel.

February 17, 2018...

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E-ager beaver brings energy, 
M-aking everything glow; 
E-ach action is enthusiastic, 
M-oving on far from sorrow. 

M-any people are pleased, 
O-n the fourteenth of July; 
N-ice work she has done, 
S-he truly soars up high. 
A-n extreme zealousness 
L-ingers not in the performer; 
E-ither vigor...

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Icy blue were his eyes;
Fingertips gentle and silken. 
Soft, soft were his sighs. 
We played the game like children.

Strong were his arms, shoulders wide. 
He drew my trembling to him. 
Eager lips were my guide
And we played the game like children.

I pulled away, a little...

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Eager to give my heart, stirred by light, autumn’s soul, 
the beauty in each star, reflecting life.

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Brittle and broken, the eucalyptus snaps loudest.
Pulverized by constant wear
of boots on dusty trails.
Debris of lifeless memories
detached from vital source,
scattered broken on apathetic earth,
pummeled by the passerby.
A lifetime of transforming sunlight obliterated
in the spiraling downward dance of fall,
to publicly mourn its own demise
at the foot...

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