Best Heaviness Poems

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      . . gravity were graceful, giving and gracious
          ...

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death is near-
a fading out    tomorrow will never be-
gone away        an empty shell will dwell

birds...

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[A love poem for my wife of 43 years] 


When I leave you...
it won't be out of anger, 
it won't be out of jealousy, 
it...

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Taken this worn path ,he'd 
taken so many times before
To his one and only true love,
he will always adore

His destination marked Riekers, 
sprinkled with fresh...

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another somber rise of day through autumn's reign
where clouded thoughts backslide through eyes
while the anguish of my pain lies misted in the lash of october's...

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She was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality 
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who...

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Winter is approaching.
 I feel it in my floorboards; in my baseboards;
in every nook and cranny.
I wait to be filled again at this time of...

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hanging in the air
humidity’s heaviness . . .
the river’s slow crawl


On the Mississippi lies the beautiful little city where I once lived. How many times...

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A tent of brightly coloured wool 
Along an effervescent pool
Filled with deliciously cool streams
This would last a week and I would surely weep
For in my...

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Azure-accentuated ambiance awaits aspiring artists
Baby’s birth brings blessings, blowing boredom-blues
Cool calmness charms circumspect chefs to create cuisine cravings 
Daybreak dos and don’ts discipline drivers from...

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Today is Good Friday. Jesus, the Nazarene, who robbed no one, cheated no one, who loved all, healed the sick and performed only acts of...

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Tell me what you're afraid to lose
  tell me what you're afraid to keep
    all that keeps you awake at night
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Stretched out on wing of weariness,
The total collapse of the flesh.
Arms and legs, limp and pitiless.
The world’s escarpments hurt..enmesh.

Come to me, says the one buried…
Who...

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"Cepan- Old English 

to keep (an eye on); observe; regard
to keep (stock of)
to keep (to follow a rule); betake oneself to; meditate
to await; bear
to desire;...

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a hallway.  offices.  tinted sunlight.  
people who have forgotten my name.  
but i am here.  
and then a room. ...

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