Sorrow Watch Poems

i nominate green
foul
the referee didn't hear me
the opponent accuses me of the same
he therefore,
can -
no longer -
use my extension 
in fact i'm not using it...

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hitting yourself in heart with a cast iron skillet
appreciating less than nothing about yourself
i watch in sorrow...

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I will watch the sunrise and the moon set
I will taste oysters and reap mint
I will harvest vegetables from the farm stand

I will live as...

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a procession

shadowed ravens watch 
depressive day turns
the winds bring Frost 

Skelton branches clutch 

Ghosts dance after the fall 
The procession crawls 
To the point of...

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Sitting with someone, a warm, open fire.
Someone else adds a fresh log or two.
I watch sparks climbing fire's golden spire,
more lovely when once I watched...

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I watch helplessly from
   my window waiting for you
and see butterflies;

birds in flight
   occasionally landing
in thin bare branches but

you are not...

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I bought the watch I wrote about in my dream

I have it here at present with me

I wear it on my wrist

To remind me

Of what...

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A bird that eats the wheat discouraging the farmer,
The worm swallowed by a lizard,
A butterfly soaring on a thyme bush,
Perused a pregnant woman under torrential...

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I watch as she grows weaker and it breaks my heart in two
To see her in such pain I wonder just how long she will...

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Stillness seeds this cell 
of death-borne illness, 
underscores the needs of one 
who cannot function by himself. 
Bed sheets icy white, fading flowers 
once bright,...

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Stillness seeds this cell 
of death-borne illness, 
underscores the needs of one 
who cannot function by himself. 
Bed sheets icy white, fading flowers 
once bright,...

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nothing can hinder; and; nothing can delay 
light guides our hearts
towards the purest, truthful, 
gains along our way 

the deeper sorrow carves into your being,...

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Things aren't the way they used to be......its ...so so 
hard to watch you go down that road......i kinda blame myself....set a good example ....or,so...

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Far far away
Solitary existence;
Lakeside pagoda

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August going away
Bumper harvest;
Mangosteens and durians

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Because she loves me
Moving commentary;
Grumbles at something

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Garden snail
Crawling at my feet;
Doing your rounds

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Show flat visit
Buying a...

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I am having a contraction
In my heart from the distraction
That my tear stained eyes are seeing
I am not truly conceiving
This sight that's in front of...

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