Son Missing Poems

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Spring: Beginning, the practice run, 
      Hello, hallowed ..., Aubade;
Cringe reflections and spare the fun,
     hues,...

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Sometimes writing poetry is my mistake,
Better to embark on a large cargo ship,
Which will take you to Tahiti or Honolulu,
Better give candy to a blue-eyed...

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"Play the audio is in accord with the dramatic monologue," ... by the Poet

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Hop - two, three, four.
Socks - two, three, four.

Wait a minute! Where
Is Red One's partner?

Not over here. 
Not over there.
Not behind the pillow 
Or under...

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I've got a lot for us to discuss,
Now that life is steadily on course.
We could have shared ideas and opinions
But Allah had exercised His majestic...

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son streams yesterdays
lady of those years keeps nigh~
clinking fetch astir

son owns two faint eyes
lady kept years eyes her son~
silver teaspoon rests

son eyes lady's room
stopped ~...

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I didn’t know why on us the sky suddenly fell,
but in the deracinating storm  
we got uprooted from the native soil,
and wandered hapless anchorless,
like...

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He felt the void from early on,
and knew innately the loss
of something beyond touch.

A life of bad choices,
and failed relationships, 
still left him searching.

He witnessed...

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He decorated their small tree-
    as done in prior years,
      and finished like he had before;
but, this...

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A life moves on
The empty space
A vacancy
The smile missed face

The heartfelt ache
The hopeful joy
Of knowing birds
Must wings deploy

The silent cloak
Of no-one there
Is draped on shoulders
Poised...

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Johnny, Johnny Johnson,
Where have you gone, son?
I've looked all over the housing estate,
Come back little man, it's getting late.
But still, you haven't returned home,
Tell me...

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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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Wondering where you are tonight?
Can't feel the warmth of your sight
Your wings that cuddle me under the moonlight
Your heat that incubates me in spotlight.
I'm a...

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That Day

When the officers came before me that day, I thought I heard it wrong,
 They removed their caps unto me and told me you...

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Heaven's Highway
(In Memory Of My Dad)
By Robert Austin Allison

Some folks think I'm joking,
Others say No Way, Come on!
Fifteen years from us,
Is how long you've been...

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