Best Pealed Poems

In the vortex of a maelstrom, I was rudely thrown
drowning in turbulent waters for an error I bemoan,
a blunder of loving someone who chose to whittle
away at my heart until it became fragile and brittle

Bereft beyond the point of caring if I lived or died
My...

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We all did cry when Father died, when pealed the bells
Landscape weary, our eyes teary, the earth stood still
Life bereft of meaning, withered plain of empty shells

Mourners came from nearby towns and far-flung dells
Haunting eulogies, by a lonely gravestone on a hill
We all did cry...

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