Short Midweek Poems

Simple symbols of self expression
imagery in intuitive motifs,
a harmony of colour ..inspiration
of moods fused into metaphor...

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BETWEEN INNINGS
Tomato and cucumber
Teatime sandwiches,
Salted Smith's potato crisps
And hot steaming tea-
With fresh home baked bread
Chocolate
Spread !...

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nothing moves,
silence!
echos of voices,past
awake!
faces appear,then
depart!
a tear trickles,
slowly!
the music plays,
faintly!
emotion erupts,
again!

regret whispers,
in pain!...

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A moment between heaven
and earth
      wrapped in angel hair
            twinkly starlight
muted
      wondering . . .
gifted so with uncommon perception
from above
      heart left there
on poetic earth without care
oh master of pen and ink
      do you blink...

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Call you and you don't answer, as usual,
I know you hate the phone.
I really needed you today.
The doctor's office said they will let me know about my test today.
I am wondering...and scared.
Could have used a distraction,

Still haven't called, still wondering...
Will it be o.k. or not?...

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AN ORGANIC CHILDHHOD (1940'S STYLE)
School was out,
vacation touched our gate,
long days,bedtimes late;
time,routine we relegate

Bird nesting,climbing trees,
building dens,adults unseen,
picnics and make-believe;
imagination-filtered dreams

Unsupervised,wandering free,
adventures sans boundary,
no cares,no chores;
natural boyhood to the core...

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~ SPEAKING RUSSIAN'S A PAIN ~

Shmendrick's a lazy student from Ukraine
He thinks that speaking Russian is a pain --
   He'll speak Ukrainian
   Even Romanian -- 
Russian grammar takes a disciplined brain



                   PTSD

They say that post-traumatic stress disorder
Is a condition that knows no borders --
   You might get it in war
   Or wherever you are --
But a shrink only the rich can afford...

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