Wedding Innocence Poems

Chatting with my mum last night
as we often do

I listened intently to her telling
me about one of her favorite 
day's out and memories when 
she...

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I lay my back upon the sand and gently press into the shoreline
My lids shut, shielding me from the setting sun, open other senses to...

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Commenting on the Weather

My coffee is hot, 
the cream was cold, 
the outcome... just right. 
The screen, 
the window out and into the world...
awaits my...

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What softness in silence amidst the cacophony of a spin cycle world war.
Lying next to your glow in sleep's stillness, careful of your bandaged hand.
Watching...

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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Lay Down Be Still

I am not responsible, 
for what happened to you. 
You are accountable;
to what happened to me. 
That was and is still a...

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President of Freedom

The last man in a long line, 
voted to save the future...
for us. 
Not all of us, 
but some. 

Those that live on...

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Enough

You fixed my car, 
when it was not running. 
You changed the oil, 
and made the light work, 
when I open my door. 

You mowed...

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The Yellow House

On the corner of first and no where, 
is a place that serves biscuits and gravy. 
They have grits and liver with onions....

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Feet

Mine sweat. 
Mine are also cold. 
This is a dilemma. 

I get the chills,
so I put boots on. 
I am warm,
and comfortable. 

Then… sweat.

How does...

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Blue Sky

Rocks.
Deep in the ground. 
Pulled from the darkness
by the sweat of brave men, 
ever challenging the black. 

Holes in the ground that hold the...

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No alps nor seas could come between you two

No tongues could bring a babel to your world 

A shining new life is awaiting you

A grand...

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Purity is dignity turned round,
And held up from inside, rather than out…
It picks up all the possibilities
And measures them
Like a tailor marks a clout –...

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My True Love


You have come into my life like the spring,
Stay in my heart forever  as  love
You are setteled into my eyes ,the...

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We all took a mid-afternoon nap in kindergarten. Spreading out our little sleeping rugs on the classroom floor. Bonnie Harmon was a cute little blond...

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