Hard Man Poems

Soul Window

...hard man needs to heal
open soul window reveals
closed fist can not give

nor can it receive 
rise wise like smoke embracing
spiritual goals green...

To my relative

...To my Cousine

I never forget you, you were a real friend
In my life a diamond, a hard man, and so kind
A soul of life, relative of the life, part of life

Your life and your heart were your ki...

Bye For Now

...A new year has rounded the corner,
with grave news hard on its heels.
A father's friend at kinship's dawn,
a clan's family, by life's sudden dusk.

In so many respects my father's twin,
he coul...

The Reluctant Sailor

...I once was a farmer
 I worked the land
I reaped the corn 
With a scythe in my hand

I ploughed my furrow
I sowed my seed 
I grew my crops
My family to feed

One day hot and thirsty 
With t...

A Love Tale

...I jump, but can not leap:
entreating you is like two parallel streets
that do not meet.
     My lips, employ straightforward plain words as hidden clues.
Note: I am not a man of eloquent, noble e...

You My Dusky Hue

...The range in its majesty gives way to open thoughts of the wild things in taming, I have eaten hard pan and dust as my regular meal to be had.

I to the constant trail beaten into the saddle just s...

Let Us Die Upon the Sea

...This is written to the rhythm of the Ballad of the Green Beret
By Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler
And
Robin Moore
***
Let us roam
upon the seas
we dont want
to make history
we're fightin...

Cheating On His Wife

...He thought he was a hard man
Talking behind your back was his plan
And his thought was I’m so tough
But he was first to scream enough

Cheating on his wife made him last
While she didn’t know i...

The Hard Man

...Ramrod straight and true blue 
With just a gaze he would look right through
He could tell those who were weak
And were hiding something to secrete

He would walk into a room 
And would turn the...

Pets Revenge

...For example a Dachshund dog was thrown 5 floors to his death
The owner photographed this and posted it online
His dog looked like he was sleeping but was dead

I tracked the Dachshund Dog’s Kille...

Holiday Phone Calls

...
Holiday Phone Calls,
Bah Humbug!
Written: by Tom Wright
12/3/2014

“Out of area” our machine’s voice did say,
Or “800 SVC” announced in her special way.
The screen displays names I s...

Suffering In Silence

...Suffering in silence I feel lost and insecure
thinking about all torment I’ve had to endure. 
I remember how easy life was in my youth, 
I thought days were hard; man wish I knew the truth,...

Parable of the Talents

...I just heard the people say
The master is going away
He gave us talents to invest
One he gave to me, two and five to the rest

The master is a hard man
He reaps and gathers just because he can
...

Scent of a Memory

...Scent of a memory

16/05/2015

The old man ambled by, a scent caught my eye.

A memory long dispatched, elicited and slowly hatched.

My Pops lounge room, musty never seen a broom.

His kin...

The Reluctant Sailor

...I once was a farmer
I worked the land
I reaped the corn 
With a scythe in my hand

I ploughed my furrow
I sowed my seed 
I grew my crops
My family to feed

One day hot and thirsty 
With th...

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