January Divorce Poems

Once, so long ago, in love, we did believe
A union was forged, forever to conceive
But shattered dreams and promises untold
Betrayal's wrath, our story now unfolds

With...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Potatoes

At dinner the other night, 
mom fixed our favorite. 
She baked them, 
broiled them, 
cut them up,
 and fried them nice. 

She told us,
this was...

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ONLY  YOU

Only you can fulfill all of my dreams
You seem to know before I ever speak
The thoughts that I have on my mind it...

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She had discerned the shame
throughout her espoused life
real love she earned to claim
and end that timeless strife

Now a divorced woman
who timely pays her bill
provides all...

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The Big Mountain

In the distance, 
I gaze at the giant before me. 
Cliff faces, I can not climb today, 
but tomorrow... I will. 

I have...

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Love in Yellow

I love bananas. 
I wish we had some bananas. 
I love to write the word bananas. 
I think about bananas, 
and… sometimes. 
I...

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The Divorce / Portrait Metaphor
By: Tom Wright 
January 16 2006

In each divorce there’s two portraits painted
But children, as pawns, only one will see.
*Neither portrait is...

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IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXVI

IF you pull that long-besieged face
Back and forth to Brussels in Brexit bob-sleigh
Deal or No-Deal backstop Customs...

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the holes in the walls are all patched
and the plaster is dry
the broken glass is swept away
or turned to sand

I only want that when I...

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I was given to the D’Mangos as a wedding present; I was silver, sparkly, and pretty full of myself. I have survived two children, a...

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Between yesterday's coffee and today's newspaper delivery,
      we somehow lost our sweetness, now you are just a memory.
  ...

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