Short Wagner Poems

William Richard Wagner
whose music still causes a stir
Much like the spread 'Marmite'
loved or loathed never trite...

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My feet suspended
from the end of the
foot rest of my recliner.
Socks gently removed,
your hands warm the oil,
softly, tenderly massaging its
mysterious healing properties
into my dry heels,
my weary arches,
my sore soles and toes.
Your reflexology of love
simultaneously, lovingly
massaging my soul.
(c) 2019, The Book Of Ruth, Robert Charles Wagner. All rights reserved....

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no more ringing
in my ears always
being Quasimodo
screaming about
the bells

i set my house
phone ring tone
to play a MIDI
Wagner Ride
of the Valkyries

and my cellphone
wake up alarm tone
is Bach's cello
bourree which
peacefully draws

me from my sleep
but the machines
at work later take
over so yelling
becomes

the norm for 
speaking so
now i adorn
headphones
after work

to muffle
the rapid
discharge
of shots
at the shooting

range...

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It rained this morning until this moment,
now the birds are singing! A blessing.

It’s not much of a tune, kind of repetitive
and it could use a base accompaniment.
In fact, to be honest, the birds
are kind of annoying.
Once they get going all together, it’s like
a Wagner opera – never ending.

Wait, it’s raining again. Sweet pitter-patter
What a blessing.

Its stopped raining.
the birds are back and louder than ever.

Too many darn blessings this morning....

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This Thing Called Love – 4 Lines

After feasting on this amazing THING called love all through the NIGHT,

we sweetly sip from silver goblets, aged wine rich, red, warm, and mellow,
wistfully wishing to delay the threatening dawn that breaks golden, pale yellow.

In Wonderland, we woozily waltz - wildly, wantonly, to wondrous Wagner.



12-17-2015

Contest:      4 Lines
Sponsor:      Silent One
Placement:   2nd...

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