Write Sorrow Poems

I'm stealing a few moments from Father Time
to pen my thoughts on parchment pages.
I write of mirth we shared, sweet and sublime,
capturing it in recorded...

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Alas, sweet Muse! How I desire, and burn,
     to sing a joyous hymn no less, no worse,
    ...

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Ingredients:

~ A pint of stress
~A cup of anxiety 
~A tablespoon of guilt
~A pinch of regret
~A dash of hopelessness
~A sprinkle of self-doubt

Directions:

- Mix all the ingredients...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate

Silent rendezvous
Destiny’s cruel twist of fate
Lost chance forever


Love’s Chance

Whispered in the breeze
Meeting place but I’m alone
Love’s chance slips away


Empty Bench

Time slips...

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There’s a loneliness to her style, it’s true.
No sense of direction or means of success.
A cautionary tale for men with no clue. 

With icy tone...

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Time is a river that flows endlessly
Carrying memories and dreams along the way
Sometimes it is calm and gentle, sometimes it is rough and stormy
But time...

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January 2nd is the unluckiest day of the year.
It's when all the bad things happen, I fear.

The holidays are over, the bills are due.
The weather...

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Brethren I write to you 
I Understand I wronged you 
And did not believe in you 

I gave the enemy my ear 
Forgetting what was...

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I hurt someone today
I made them tremble and cry
I hung my head to pray
For my forgiveness to be nigh

I wasn't sure what I did
It was...

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I worry for the child every night,
And every night brings forth another fright.
I worry for the child in every way everyday,
“Do not stumble, don't get...

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I Write


Less words
	in a windowless room
                  no use...

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I write in rhyme, to depict how I feel inside
feelings I'd otherwise conceal in my mind
In this race against time, we all hope that we...

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Distrust lies in my heart, I’ve learned the hard way
		
		That even those who you think are for your best are for their way

		I was unaware...

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Soul, Soul, where art thee?

I lie sleepeth, in the halls of
the underworld, as my spirit 
roam freely, reincarnating 
as different beings, going 
in and out...

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In Sorrow and in Joy
(For my wife Barbara)
By Franklin Price
01/18/2022

I - Looking Back

I'm looking back on year just past in sorrow and in joy
Thinking of...

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