Best Night Watchman Poems

The flame in contest combats the chill of the night
I see an old man in remembrance of his youth
his words gaped in jest if only to shroud life’s plight
scars of countless carnal lies a hub of untruth.
In the brazier raindrops snarl, routine so trite.

© Harry...

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When the night falls
And the moon is up high,
You can be rest assured the
Night watchman will be stopping by.

As he does each and every night
When we all go to bed
This is at a time when our comfort
Is most needed so we can rest our heads.

After...

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It's a couple of hours into the early morning.
A television station gives its viewers a warning:
The channel is signing off the air
to the tune of a rocket's red glare, 
and bombs bursting in air.
It's time to turn off the TV, and grab my flashlight.
I must...

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morning rescued him from the night,
he stood in the doorway of the fridge,
the bulb within sent forth a wan light
his wrinkled skin had the morbid tinge 
of a graveyard caretaker's  pallor,
pale as a crumpled paper plate;

the cold breath of the fridge cooling him, 
he...

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