Jail Missing You Poems

Something is missing…
Looks about
Wonders and thinks
Doesn’t think out loud

Start from the beginning 
Back it up, slow it down 
Think for a minute 
What is wrong...

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Youth, having deserted them long ago, Tom and Sam
The octogenarians together formed an intimate league.
Every day, they would, meet at the country park in the...

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This subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry
  So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three

  For the first time in...

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I was moved to write this poem after watching the brilliant and thought-provoking show: "Without a Trace", Season 4, Episode 18: "The Road Home". 

When...

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Butterfly

Butterfly sweet, 
lovely wings of gossamer gold. 
Stretch your tips to the stars, 
as that is the reality of freedom. 
Glide for hours above the...

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A Guest

Little tiny mouse, 
why are you in my house? 
Out the back door, 
there are fields aplenty. 
Down by the creek,
there is water, afresh....

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How to ride a jetksi I don’t know
But my rucksack’s packed and I must go
To see a gal across the Irish Sea

Spent five grand on...

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Let us just for argument sake a moment contemplate
or imagine ?

Something is amiss with the world ?

Not that it is flat still round more like...

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Magic Blooms
of paint and paper...

You are still here. 
I know it, 
and feel it all the time. 
Today, 
I see it clearly. 
A small card,...

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Empty Vase

We just met, 
and I know we are best friends. 
You will have to believe me, 
I don't have the strength or will to...

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First Impressions
lasting thoughts...

Do you drink, do you smoke, 
do you toke, are you broke? 
What is important to ask, 
but more important to know. 

Did...

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Are You Out There

I pray every day of my life. 
Sometimes I am quiet,
and reverent. 
Most times I smile,
and laugh, 
as I tell Him secrets,...

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Missing Flowers

There are no blooms on the table. 
Nothing in the vase by the window. 
Empty water, 
in the one near the door. 

Outside in...

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Judging Others…
whimsical law?

It is a kangaroo court, 
and the clowns have just arrived. 
Dressed in suits and ties, 
eating pies.

They think they know best, 
they...

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Keeping Still

The fire has burned low my love. 
I dare not move to fix it. 
You have fallen asleep against my chest.
I feel you breathing.
I...

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