Best Quells Poems

Through age and infirmity,
  my voice cries loud

With feelings still timeless,
  eyes not to cloud

The Reaper waits patient,
  his claim has been filed 

From outside he savors,
   inside I smile

The music has changed,
  with my heart still in step

My...

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Dust coats mementos in treasure trove
In a veil that palls recall with a shroud.
It dims the past with repast of neglect,
That taints memories with fading, settling light.
Echoes become fainter, scenes blur,
The sharp clear focus softens in the listless mist
As dust pervades relentless, unstoppable
It quickens the...

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Completing
The page
Quells the rage
At the courts
Misunderstanding
And unfair bail
But on we go
A train
Off
The rails
Digging in
Asphalt and
Concrete
Right down
Main street
In the summers
Rain does so
Much for 
The pain...

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when feelings rage
to fever pitch
and seas rise
to tortuous,
the simplest
open arms, loving embrace,
with puppy pats on the chest
quells and dispels
the fury
quite unexpectedly....

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