Best Ennobled Poems

I shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign 
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some state of disrepair,
And a rounded brough
Complete with smooth, 
Well trodden...

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PART 1:          THE MEETING

Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went with shoulders bent (the storms around me howled)
until I met a Silhouette behind a sultry smile – 
She gazed with...

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From somewhere far beneath,
My father's face is rising to replace my own.
Each year the brightly silvered surface of my mirror
Reveals some other common feature
Pushing its way to the fore.

The silver of the years finds its way
Into the hair retreating at the same rate;
Years marching forward...

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I
The Servants of Free Men on the Mayflower
Knew "abundant life" in Jesus, Great Savior
Two servants, too, rose up to sign The US Constitution
Lover of His Morals, Binder of America's First Bible, Jefferson
Perhaps, long before, some foundations cast by Tom Paine & William Penn


II
Then there is...

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Lay down your old ink pen...
Rise from the table...
Push back your chair.
Gather them all up...
Put them out of sight now...
Place them safely in the cupboard 
Bare.
Wrapped in stiff brown paper,
Strung tightly together
With thin white string;
Turn over the smooth copper key;
Resign yourself, reluctantly, 
To quietly leave...

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the best answer for 
the restless wriggle of day
ennobled darkness

my inner river
in the darkness of the night
goes away softly

nanna's bees are thrilled
they change hues to match her mood
blond shows, she is thrilled

grief taught me the truth
the power to shine through the
layers of darkness

Written: October 24, 2022...

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Diminished
but ennobled,
the soldier came home
his two limbs
traded for the 
sanctuary
of a deeper peace

Broken
in completeness,
his braces held proud
each battle
medaled
in the memory
—of his finest hour 

(The New Room: November, 2021)...

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INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.

When some proud son of man returns to earth,
Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth,
The sculptor’s art exhausts the pomp of woe,
And storied urns record who rest below;
When all is done, upon the tomb is seen.
Not what he...

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She was washed up,
Her wings were crumpled,
Her body covered in blood and bruises,
An angel should never look that way.
Oh Lord bless her.

He was washed up,
His wings were cut,
His body a mask of defensive scars,
An angel should never feel that kind of pain.
Oh Lord bless him.

She...

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There stands a lofty tree  
beckoning to lovebirds 
whilst it shades wildflowers
 and dreamers resting 'neath its
majestically revered stateliness,
portrayed by famed artists alike, 
written farthermost poetic essence
midst ennobled exaltation's grandeur...

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Where are you hiding little pearl?
Are you caught in the whirl 
of ticker tape and media mania?
Please don’t cower in the wake of opinion.
Like other things every person has one, and
for every negative dissertation, 
there is positive comfort close at hand.
Be strong as your father’s...

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When it rains, it shines in these radiant beaming eyes of mine.
When it's cold, it's warm in these promised lands I've come afar to farm.
When you're there, I'm right here and there's nothing for us to fear.
Nights become darker and day’s grow lighter, each becomes...

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Beauty changes
the embattled soul
A transmutation
ennobled whole
In darkest throes
to spread its light
Forever bathed
—in pure delight


(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)...

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Advents A Door

Sweet be the fragrance
          of a rose bouquet
          that passes a nose
       ...

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Geniuses are unique and rare, a kind
     unto themselves who are led by God’s
divine inspiration and powers of mind,
     women and men whose gifts defy the odds.

     Like Byron, some possess gifts of...

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