Dark Robin Poems

We Love the Nanny

Promise me. Not a word to anyone.
I think I'm in love with the nanny.
She's young and vibrant and dark.
I'm blooming in her...

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gather wares for market day
and cauldrons of the land
baneful stock for the boiling pot
before the evening’s end

tankards spill and taverns heave
upon these Beltane days
see magic...

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Like fireflies glimmering, glistening
Tempting the night with their intimate kisses,
Robins and wrens, breathless wings dancing
Waltzing in the wind, swaying and twirling
Erasing every doubt of falling...

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Spied a red robin, hopping on the grassy mead
Tilting its head this side and that, looking for feed
Knew her young ones were waiting eager to...

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Who knew your pain?
Who knew your grief?
Who knew your life
would be so brief?

You came along
in hurried flight
and disappeared
into the night

The joy you gave
the smiles you've...

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On the cusp of two seasons,
We savor warmer days and sun,
But bundle up at night for good reason.

The air smells suddenly alive, 
My mood's no...

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When life dominated and things turned wrong,
Conditions bittered and when life pinched,
When I was hit hard by far gone situations,
And conspiracies tumbled down my life,
When...

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Robin,
4AM
Your soft voice
A simple sweet song in a dark room
A warm spot under the covers waits next to you
Or babies stir, we whisper, the light...

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You left me so sad today
I needed you to make me smile
I wanted to see you laugh
And forget my burdens awhile

Robin, you left me sad...

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