Meeting Poems - Poems about Meeting

When you meet with old friends After months, even years, There is comfort in having No need to switch gears. For the groundwork’s been set And the basics are known, So there’s just catching up – How the grandkids have grown! But most likely you’ll talk About health or its lack And the surgeries done On the hips, knees or back. There’ll be notes to compare About...

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That heavy, dark presence Sitting on your throne Grabbing at my laurel To claim as your own It presses on my door Pushing up on my space Where TRUTH lives in peace Eating Manna at her own pace There's a fire rising on my table Licking the saints all around With contentment in LOVE And no whisper of fear can be found I return your silver fork Without...

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You have a new message 'oh did you forget about me' no but your picture suggested we couldn't inhabit the same universe There was a lunchtime meetup I tell myself I am not that sort of person but maybe you were for one wild week five dates in three days 'I always say I didn't chose acting acting chose me' We had a coffee, saw...

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(“Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic) Chance Meeting Where were you when we met just now In something of a hub, Airport terminal or hotel lobby, As you walked right by And our eyes met Yours growing in shocked amazement As you exclaimed, “What are you doing here!?” And we hugged in warm embrace. You now long gone And yet still we meet in transit Each of...

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Every pirate west of the Caribbean had heard of Captain Gary Bee. He was reputed to be way younger than the next captain at twenty-three. We were anxious to meet him, so we invited him to tea. He strutted in with short pants, that barely covered up a knee. It is rude to ask pirate captains their age, so...

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Captain Bee of the Ship McKee had a reputation all over the Seventh Seas A pirate narcissist, who made people grovel down to their knees He had cold steely blue eyes, and he was fearsome to the point of absurd. I was fearful of this pirate, until I realized that Captain Bee is a canary bird....

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When I meet you. I found you odd. You sparked my interest. With your cute nods. I tried to leave, but you pulled me back. Making me feel such a spark. The spark grows bigger with each passing day. Sometimes the wind tried to blow it away. Yet it grew to be as big as...

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Summer speaks: “O wandering Wind, why do you sigh so soon? My sunny days are not yet through. Must you come with dry and falling leaves To cool my fire, my joy, my golden hue?” Autumn replies: “Dear friend, I do not come to take, but to change— To wrap your songs in softer light. Your warmth has shone so strong, so long, But...

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In the depths of that meeting, an echo of a silent love was born, like a hidden whisper in the cold wind embracing the sleeping earth, and every moment spent together became a page from an untold story, where words were unnecessary, and their silence was full of deep meanings. He looked at her as a winter miracle, a...

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4/3/2025 No, it was not a dream at all…. I was with George Chakiris by my personal request. No,I was not in with crazed teeny boppers in a hall. It was just George and I, from whom, I chose to learn from the best! I wish I could tell you...

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we thought he had brought her for window dressing His ex-wife was here, and no one was confessing Their classmates were startled, they thought they’d married for life. Twenty-year-younger version of the ex-love of his life was his new wife....

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Ed is a beast, a bruiser, a big baboon We expected a lumbering oaf, a goon Her description had much jocundity He was quite lovely, as we would soon see Why did you set us up thinking he was a clown? I knew when you met him, there’d be no letdown....

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STATION MEETING The time has come years depart I slap your stomach You throttle me for my gems I have none my gems are the stars sardines swim towards me chains rattle loose to the children in the Wilderness I flee verse2016 ...

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Friendly meeting on the plane When I am traveling by plane I like to sit by the window To see the sky’s land, the life The forgotten atmosphere Te hoped just the way there is It is good to live there, above life Far from mortal life, just the skylight The enjoyable pure space of life. I didn’t buy the seat. No seat reservation I...

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I am a merry me frisky fey a tiny man bragged to me Please join me at my explosive enjoyable revelry A jollity in his overzealous ambiance was brighter than I had ever seen Magical merriment and meshugga craziness was about to convene Are you a leprechaun? I asked the adorable trickster, right away Name’s McCindlesticks and I’m Celtic Irish,...

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