Long Dore Poems

One Saturday some years ago, at a market in Rokeby,
a voice was calling from behind and then caught up with me.
It was Shaun O’Malley at the rear that stopped me for a chat,
dressed in a...

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Every year for seven now I’d helped me mate Tom Cooney out,
along with Laurie ‘Fitz’ and Barry Dore when asparagus did sprout.
We worked our shifts ‘til knock off time, then off we’d quickly dart,
to cut...

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I
Ne-
Ver
Want-ed
You to wo-rry a-bout me
I
Am
A-shamed...
Li-tter-al-ly
ig-nored...
so bored
Shar-pen me like a sword
In-ject ink in my blood
I will not cuss..
I will not fuss...
I will not wo-rry...
For, tru-lly
I am true with my-self
I am glued to my low self-i-mage
I am...

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Little Tufty Dore Mouse.

Little Tufty Dore Mouse lives on the Butlers farm.
He spends his day a scurrying between the house and barn.
But Mr Butler farmer got tired of Tufty's mess.
So he got himself a big...

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Once upon a time of day,
I sat A-Lone the month was May
I never knew what caused this thing
I should have been A-Dult that spring
But I was not, I was A-Lone
When someone called me on the...

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Proclaim the Lord’s faithfulness with worshipful praise*
Revel along earnest gratitude in His redemption-grace
Adore Him, affirming appreciatively His admirable ways
In His sanctuary, and in His firmament’s power all the days
Speak of His mighty acts along His...

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Human minds muse the light
fire thoughts to the mind sky.
Fools flail for all their might
angry screams hide each cry.

To view the true sole source
take longs looks at the sun.
See earth's lasting first force
its rays can't...

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#_#O ccassionally, #h ard lives inspire targets
#_#G rowing #a rdent influence time, ore
#_#U pon #p ainted vows 'mid grace
#_#N ature #p resents evermore search readiness
#_#K een #y our life strength obvious
#_#A cting #b een entertained...

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On Thanksgivings Day we sent our son to the neighbors with squash and such.
A widow on a fixed income, she was appreciative. Said “than you so much.”
This is for later, our son told her. We...

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D-ay second March morn,
E-ventide loses its gray; 
L-ong and lonely night
I-s just fading
A-way.

M-idnight moon passes by; 
E-arly dawn shares the light; 
R-ain and haze have ended, 
C-oal clouds become white.
A-fter the twilight is gone, 
D-ark...

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