Collum Poems

Closed Community Prejudice--an Alphabetized Memoir

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(Note: In this abecedarian poem, I redacted the name of the particular denomination to protect the innocent and to universalize the context. Fill in your own favorite groups! Prejudice against ...

Races

...(Note: This poem was written shortly after the 2022 Olympics and after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos rode their rockets in a new space race for billionaires.)

Races

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Katie O Dale St Paddys Day Plotter

...St Pattys Day Limerick  L. Milton Hankins

Twas in his cups, drinking bitter ale.
His name McGonahill, first name Kale.
Irish girl gave him wink
He sputtered came up pink
A big plotter, Miss Ka...

Lune- the Piano

...The “Piano Man”
          Has abandoned and I say
                  “Let it be”

               “someone like you” 
         “imagine” will rescue me again
              “Don’t stop believing”!...

Lune-Strong

...intricate building blocks
years of living stack together
carefully laid stones

gracefully holding steady
though built upon the sand
melded, become strong


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Lune - Forsaken

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old damaged piano 

once caressed by skilled fingers

now silenced forever


what masterly hands

unlocked pure magical music via

your ivory keys


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Lune-Castle

...on lonesome journey
pick shingles of life from
shore of time

with poised dreams
build castle tsunami won’t shatter
making memory debris

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Lune Opus

...exculpate thee phantom
altissimo thy moonlight opus score
seduce her song

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tarnished skeleton keys
enthrall the scared little Lottie’s
ebon rose duet


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Peerless Lune

...sun and moon
      define sky lights masterful change
            day becomes night

painting the splash
      bestowing places where colors meld
            on perfect palettes





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Lune - Stones

...too much work
piled up like flat stones
on hot sand

sun beats down
I cannot afford to add
one more stone

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Synergy In Black and White

...with youthful passion
she quivered under his touch
they soared together

in old age
he longs for her response
chords of chiaroscuro 

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Lune - Note

...Lune - Note

one note missing 
 harmony refrains to be resolved 
  staggers in echoes

reverberating regret resounds
 in cacophony’s heavy metal discord 
  life’s melody limping

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Lune - Aging

...gnarled arthritic fingers
no longer can dance across
ebony and ivory

her active mind
recalls notes she once played
musical memories linger

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Lune- Pride

...difficult it be
to reason with hardened men
proud as stone

  layer upon layer
I chisel those rough facades
until heads bow



11 May 2020
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Lune - Childhood

...it often feels
as though life gathers stones
upon puerile sand

rising toward hubris
ever further from the source
…fragile as innocence

11 May 2020
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