Best Keeper Poems

Lighthouse keeper vacancy announced
Envelope delivered; contents read aloud
A smile turned into laughter, then into a shout
Parents and Son hugged before he set off.

Applicants sitting quietly, Into the room strides a man 
Age etched on his face, a cheery smile, sparkle in his eyes
Sat himself down...

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When I got to heavens gates and God 
 wiped away the damaged years
He gave me a holy assignment
As keeper of all tears

I ran an enormous warehouse
Where bottles of tears were stored
God had labelled each and every one
for whatever made our hearts bleed sore.

So a...

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Dressed as the hell keeper, trick upon the sleeper,
as stars fade and shiver, dazed skies roar and quiver....

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Keeper of Wishes

Look up!  Look into the face of clear astral nights – 
See my trail of fiery radiance hurtling across swirling galaxies,
Streaking through star dust of light years –
In this space where silence echoes thundering in celestial implosions 
I hear your hearts speak...

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I am the Keeper of Secrets
I have heard all men's tales
Of murder, adultery
And other betrayals

Their stories come to me
Through back doors at night
Their compromised souls
Caught in desperate plight

I'm the Keeper of Secrets
You never would know
I make no judgments
No cursings of woe

I hear both sides of...

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dreams tucked in my pocket as I journey through life

sometimes swept away by chilling breezes

but reach for them again, I will

recapture them

they’ve taken me this far

like a compass, they give me direction

lost I’d be without my dreams

pointlessly going through the motions 

lifelong companions

dreams I will...

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I am keeper of the midnight clock
A watchful eye, when darkness peaks
With one eye closed to mock your sleep,
The other eye revolves to keep
the world in check 'till morning breaks

They often wonder where I hide
when evening shadows stretch out long
My saucer eyes, will search the...

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Where the hell’s my glasses
I can’t see where your ass is
I can't even see what became of all my hair
Can’t seem to recall 
One single thing at all
What is this thing for, and which end goes in where
   
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TIME KEEPER

Early morning
Late p.m.
These could be thankful periods of silence
The world drowsy
Or still asleep
And my teeming head      hopefully      
      emptied out
What marvelous devolvings might be refreshed
When one is in a...

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Gait Keeper


The limp is more pronounced on days like these,
cold rain and chilling breeze.  The hitch in his giddy-up
causing his head to angle slightly, correcting for the
sway.  His eyes seem a bit less bright yet still alert
while the tail, that ever enthusiastic metronome...

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The people gathered around him;
As he was laid to rest that day,
Not far from the water,
A few yards from the bay.

The Preacher preached a sermon,
And the people sang a hymn,
Then they all told their stories;
Of what he'd done for them.

"I was lost out on the...

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At a very young age 
He knew what he wanted to be
Like his father before him
A ‘Keeper of the Sea’

He married his childhood sweetheart
They loved unconditionally
Dreams and hopes for the future
Of raising a family

They lived in the lighthouse cottage
A loving home comfortable and cosy
They didn’t...

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Seconds,
My life seems to work anti-clockwise
With every tick I seem to get less wise
By the minute counter-clock-wise
As I split-seconds closer to my demise
Look deep in to these eyes
There is no I to make this a life
So let me die

And here I lie
Clip off these wings...

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Love that dies will rise again
 From the ashes of despair
 Phoenix rising with romantic flare
 Once more love will reign

 When hearts are broken and love is lost
 Embers will continue to show
 Waiting for a spark from the heart
 To ignite loves divine...

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I am called to be a true keeper of the flame,
Of love, the ever greatest teaching, with the aim;
Of entwining the humans and other beings,
With an unbreakable bond of compassion-strings...!

This, indeed, is like bringing the moon down, so hard,
In a world, by volcanoes of vengeance,...

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