Devotion Friendship Poems

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Poetry is my mistress 
I write everything in her name. 
If you’ve not heard from me in a while 
It is poetry to whom you...

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You do not have to disguise
Your heart from any more lies
The words I say are the truth
Promising you will not lose
Any of my caring love
You...

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When I'm lost and alone, there's a place I can go
Where my derelict condition just does not show
Like a security blanket, or warm woolly throw
Comforted...

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When your heart touched mine,
There was joy – there was fire, more than just desire,
A promise melted every darkness, erased every shadow,
Taught me that the...

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No, sad-looking lady,
leave out you pathetic pity;
I left someone for your sake...
she had lips of honey:
wasn't it a big mistake?

Words that hurt aren't mine,
you shouted...

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I always want to be
Your friendly voice
The station you tune into
When you feel there's too much noise

I want to be the harbour
For your boat when...

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What falls from my eyes is dry; as crystals of a saltine
Frozen waters, be damned; I find calm in what they mean
Sweetness of their memory;...

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I want someone I cannot have.
same story, different tale.
time spent with her, I'm elated,
time apart, a bitter hell.

I want someone I cannot have.
her beauty takes...

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(Rinpoche in Sarnath, 1987)

That’s What A Buddha’s Like

It’s hard to know where to start
when talking about the ineffable.

Maybe starting at the end is best.

It’s taken...

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How much?

When I say I love you,
you ask me how much?
Let me begin by telling you 
for me, your name, 
Tabitha 
is where life begins.
I...

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Little Lillian lost us 
two, a widower of warmth,
we’ve been waiting here….patiently,
for wherever has she gone?
 Night’s airing scary notions,
her hands beaten bare,
we cosseted,
but days...

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You've meant so deeply much; within my desire
If I could present a world or build an empire
It would be so easy to secretly conspire
In a...

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Ode to Be

I feel different from other people,
Some say I am weird and strange,
This endless striving to be accepted, 
Just leaves me disheartened and drained....

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Friendship

When you think you can’t go on,
And you’ve stopped singing 
In the middle of your song
And your body feels numb and cold
Cos someone says, you...

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