For Loaned
Forlorn sprawled
on dawning lawn
as sunlight steals
dew breath fawn
learn has never lorned
and fol
............lowed
........................lowered
Forlorn
against lorn
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Categories:
loaned, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Future Heaven Loaned
The only way to cross eternity
is in a poem
As words fly silent and words fly deep,
beyond a future heaven loaned
The light speed meteor trails forever
the verses timeless wake
Distance not measured in miles or years
—epic ballads to restate
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)
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Categories:
loaned, words,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
loaned, analogy, appreciation, devotion,
Form: Light Verse
Beyond a Future Heaven Loaned
The only way to cross eternity
is in a poem
Distance not measured in miles or years,
—epic ballads to intone
The light speed meteor will chase forever
the wake of verses flown
Where words fly silent and words fly deep,
—beyond a future heaven loaned
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)
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Categories:
loaned, future, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
A Child Loaned
I'll lend you for a little time
a child of mine, he said,
for you to love the while she lives
and mourn for when she's dead.
It may be six or seven years,
or twenty two or three,
But will you, till I call her back,
take care of her for me?
She'll bring
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Categories:
loaned, daughter, death, loss, sad,
Form: Rhyme