Short Unoccupied Poems

once impulsive        now

deserted   forsaken
                  cast aside
jilted
stranded
              rejected
dumped
ditched
                 unused

neglected
             idle
                unoccupied
uninhabited

I stand empty

      words fail me...

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The simple bench sits
Unoccupied now
Classic table holds
Intent to write poems
Correspondences

Light sweater blown
Onto yellow
Roses, walkway
Empty no one

Garden neat
Perfect plants
Fenced closed

Where is.......
Empty

Bench

("The Bench"(The Garden Of Versailles) Edouard Manet (1832-1883/French) Oil On Canvas)...

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YOur EYes

your eyes are a window to your soul and heart
but what I see is more than that 
it is the love that I am seeing now 
as I look deeper into your heart 
I see an unoccupied space for me 
a place that I wish and hope to be
a place in your LIFE 
a place in your SOUL
a place for a for a man within your HEART
a place I see within YOUR EYES...

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Listen to poem:

About Face
David J Walker

It is about face 
About time and place
And direction 
And unoccupied space 
In East or West that 
We face

And the unknowing of 
which is  forward or 
backward or north 
or south

the illusion of which is
up and which is down

bound by the gravity of
anticipation in

each new moon and season
Named for the gods lost
To antiquity...

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For Brian’s “IMAGINE” contest
Edward Hopper's  'AUTOMAT '...

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in a chamber,deep within
buried hopes that now run thin
hidden here inside my heart
dreams that end without a start

close that door, without a lock
if you want in you need to knock
no sound comes from your tight fist
just echoes of words
from a very long list

in a chamber, deep within
fantasy that comes to an end
a room in my heart 
left vacant to share
unoccupied space
since you were there...

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Drained,
unoccupied thoughts
form empty sadness

Drained
of those moments
now never again

Drained,
what little is left
will soon evaporate 

Drained,
smiles are forgotten
frowns become the norm

Drained
of that voice
sung in times of need

Drained,
drab wilted flowers
where pinks and yellows once bloomed 

Drained,
sunny days now darken
neath clouded dreams

Drained,
never to be full ...
again...

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Vallaha as Valkyries scream from
the depths of hell.
Charging out
into the vacuum 
of an unoccupied mind
deafening all who listen
to their monstrous cry
from the bleak wilderness 
called Vallaha.

Scream out to Odin
the scourger, charmer, enchanter.
Bewitched sinner sirens,
resonant, ensouling the strings
of unattended souls.
Lyrics whispered into
the trance of an ephemeral ballet
yet, appearing
epic in length and nature....

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A little Coast Guard boat just now
Went chug-chug-chugging by.
It left behind a wake, above which
Seagulls like to fly.

Aside from that, the river’s calm
With not a tug in sight,
Although a ferry might come soon,
Their schedule kept tight.

It’s chilly so the benches are
Unoccupied as well, 
But since the sun is shining,
I’ve been captured by its spell.

I’m happy to be out here
As I sit and write this poem,
Knowing when I’m cold or hungry,
In five minutes I’ll be home.
...

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