Father Melody Poems

Melody Maker

The music in my mind plays softly. 
It is quiet today. 
I can write and enjoy
each stroke of the pen
as it touches the paper......

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Patience
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

If you refuse to speak, I will fill my heart with your silence and endure it.
I will remain...

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With the quiet heart 
speaks the loudest voice

With the darken mind
It lights up the soul

The blindness of my walk
Enables me to talk

Talk about my wanderings...

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You made up a wondrous, precious melody inside me
If I was sober and less numb, I would’ve felt it, baby
Sick with that same ol' love...

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In so few years, he had helped many lives 
In so little time, his family and his world caved in
He was a husband, father of...

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Africa

Melody...is Africa's signature.
From north, east, west and south,
You hear the trembling sound of big creatures.
Mixed with drum beats from ancient tribes. 
You can feel the...

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My mother is now very old,

A widow of tales untold,

First gift,"mahar"of my father,a sewing machine to her,singer sold,

To my mother this machine is like gold,

She...

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Balcony moods
Morning offering;
Song of bird duo


By the yard edge
Bird frolic twitter;
A cheery quartet


Song fills dawn
Sunlight slants;
Window view sparkles


Last night's rain
Wet grounds betray;
Uneven footsteps traced


Joy after...

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Hear the wind blow through the trees 
Rustling and touching  all the leaves 

The grass  dances in the tall bush 
Swaying back and...

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