Memory Blank Verse Poems

Rat Catcher

I feel repulsed when he is near, I ought to have compassion
for this cripple, a twisted foot. an arm that does not 
function as...

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I didn't borrow it, it's apart of me
Like the rainbow fleece
Like a trophy waiting for me
Like the breath I breathe and need 
But it leaves
Flowing...

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She entered the parking lot of my townhome
devastated I was after several home invasion 
my stalker an accomplice after the fact of arson 
murderer of...

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It's been almost a year now but that dream still feels as if I'm holding it
The way my arms don't want to let go of...

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a doomed affair


when a young doctor/padre came to the convent 
to check on the nuns' health, he met the young abbess, and their world ignited
when...

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the visit


A knock on the door to my conscience
it was my brother, I hadn't seen for fifty years
while I have grown old, he has stayed...

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a short memory

There were and still are two airports on the flatland 
outside of our town, therefore many German soldiers 
where stationed here.
Since roads, and...

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In the lonely woods,
Memories stir like the wind in the trees.
Lost in the shadows, 
I find you,
With your gentle smile and kind eyes.


In the lonely...

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fresh flowers greeted me when I visited Positano
also the smells of expresso brewing, it was morning
By midafternoon I smelled garlic and onions
I sat at a...

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A romantic interlude

At sunset, when the evening has a bluish taint 
I think to myself I should have written more
how wonderful life can be.
She smells...

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I remember it well- the old Broadway
My city celebrated years ago;
So nicely paved and lined with special stores
And curtained windows, seen in rooms above.
Where we...

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The builders

At the end of the avenue stood a big, white residence
with a splendid garden with trees and flowers
Generations of titled people had visited this...

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The loss of the known

A sudden flash occurred, a moment of a forgotten past
walking down a wide road that only had a few cars trundling...

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STREAMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The imaginary musings of my mind,
experience past & present lingers long,
dusted off,re-opened,viewed from time to time,
retrospective perspective changes all;
Maturity's long-sightedness squints aghast,
then savours...

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How many years have we been consuming like this?
Does the heart endure the cruel days?
As time goes by, everything is less and less
How to carry...

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