Name Missing Poems

"Robert Frosts', friend, Edward Thomas was an indecisive fellow, until that one day they took the other road Edward wanted, and of course, Robert's piece...

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I may not be everyone's cup of tea
That I never invited anyone around to try
If you ever had the chance to meet me

You may not...

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How many lumens would it take to burn you
Sky-clad and free under the pale moonlight
Would your aching bleached skin cry in relief
Feeling anything in the...

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("Earth", 1979, original pen and ink)

Missing the Mark

As they say, this world is full of sin:
the meaning of Life a target we continually miss
out of...

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No days, such euphoric, as these! 
Flashbacks passing through me, while I pass through that street
Wondering,to be scolded again, how it feels
Either the same sentiment...

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I am now "away from the noise,"  
my fruit gum I am chewing.  
Sitting here wondering what the boys,  
could be doing.  

 
 
Now all unpacked,  
a book I...

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The mail has just arrived,  
come quickly, my pocket holds his words.  
Read me his letter,  
I long to hear his voice....

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I was an unfathomable mystery writer, producing novels for ardent readers,
Much like a mystery of vanishing pearly moon, as sun comes up to greet her.

My...

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The months have past by so quickly that there isn't a day that dont go by, that I wish you were still here to get...

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We started as strangers, just passing by
No need to stop, no connection 
Then we talked like kindred souls
Sharing our days, dreams, and goals with each...

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There are nights still 
When I long to call his bed my own
Lying under his multicolored lights
With him as my only home

Those lights shone as...

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(The words in quotes are Ed Sheeran song titles.)

"Remember the name" you loved to repeat?
"Kiss me" again on Piccadilly Street.

Smell the "supermarket flowers---" lilies, roses,...

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My wife and I enter a restaurant across the street from the airport, our kids in tow. There is quite a crowd with little room...

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Box Of Scars
(A work in progress)

There is a piece that will not fit, that I have kept locked in the deepest chambers of my soul....

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Remember Them with Pride
          by Robert (Bob) Moore 2022

It’s not only for the missing,
the fallen, and...

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