Best Gatekeeper Poems

twas the night,
forsaken to see,
another angel,
calls to he.

He who walks,
through desolate skies,
teaching young angels,
how to fly.

Blowing the wind,
beneath their wings,
keeping them aloft,
for everyone to see.

This is the man,
who controls all fate,
the one who lets,
people through his gates....

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a roar a purr
i am the gatekeeper
of my heart
of what goes in 
and what comes out
a big overgrown lion
i roar mostly i purr



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~GATEKEEPER~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on October 15, 2018...

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When your wings no longer carry your weight
I will be there to open the gate.
Just like Peter in the heavenly sky,
I'm the first one you see once you have died.
When your halo splits, or slips, and chokes,
You will recall the final words that you spoke:
The...

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I am the keeper,
Who and what gets in
Is my responsibility.

Tides of new thought arrive,
Containers for spreading despair,
As I work the stars are always

Majestic  up there.
Restless on a square of
bedrock memories,
Sparks of anxiety
Set off fires,  useful for
Recipe cooking and
Reference checking.
Pure colors dilute into
Black and...

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You're a curious one.
The same thing that enables us to even live
also makes our blood run cold.
We see you with a heart of stone
and we fear the things we cannot grasp.
A concept of end with no hope of beginning again.
Yet the rest of life accepts...

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You hold the flame that tamed my heart
That came to me in the light of the dark
On fire from the very start
Life itself could not pry our love apart
Meeting in the middle like a dancing fiddle
That sings out like a weeping willow

That reflects from the...

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the skyline holds time as shadows vanish 
darkness claims the sunset like an avalanche
faint sounds from the passing of the sun
wake aging prophets
an old street shines like half a moon
stops signs and streetlights bend for recollection
illuminating the way back home
like feathers in the wind
I claim...

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with every passing moment I think of you
in every waking hour I long for your taste
the memories haunt me but I love feeling this way
with every rose comes a thorn
in every night the darkness overcomes
for now ill drift off to sleep but I know I’ll...

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no one may enter and
no one may leave but here
no one is a stranger

the leftover bread of feasts
tossed out onto the street
claimed by birds and beggars

a generous host should know
that any wall is only as tall
as its watchman...

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A faraway coast
The coldest of wars
A frontline post
Flying machines with whirly blades
and painted on red stars
search in vain for a ghost
Tension was high
In the waters off Kamchatka Krai...

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Keeper at the gates, why do you hide from me
i've been broken, now you offer up the key
can i tempt you with my honest declaration
or must i solve your riddles,
'til you reveal yourself to me...

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shade tree... shadowy

  absorbing every whisper...

    ~ keeping her secrets...

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On Boondoggle street
thrives a magic store
anyone who enters disappears
except the old dear
who minds the counter
who never enters or leaves
whose eyes are sharp as twin tacks....

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Gatekeeper may be,
To help and counsel others,
Who really need it.

Jim Horn...

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She holds a set of dangling golden keys,
In front of a massive silvery gate.
Knowing the prize I ask to enter please,
But she shakes her head which denotes my fate.

I take out magical potion to trade,
But no interest as she agitates.
I have no army to perform...

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