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Mel Gill Poem
A Little Boy is
Jelly on his face
Dirt under his nails
A patch on his knee
String trailing from
One pocket and
A frog in the other
A little boy is
A bag of marbles in
His right hand and
Licorice in the left
He’s a cowboy today
And a spaceman tomorrow
He’s mud puddles and
Clothespin boats
A Mother’s joy
And her sorrow
A little boy is the angel with
Scrubbed face and tired smile
Who blesses mommy and daddy
In his prayers every night
And he’s the arms that
Hug you tight
As you tuck him
Into bed and
Kiss good night
Copyright © Mel Gill | Year Posted 2019
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Mel Gill Poem
What is this word, betrayals?
How did it come to be?
Is it simply something less
Than you expected?
Did your hopes and your desires
Fall short of your aspires?
Perhaps others failed their duty
To protect you?
Did the trust you put in
Someone fail you?
Have you suffered grave
Abuse?
Did someone close
Back-stab you?
Was your loyalty
Unrequited?
Was contract breached or
Just misunderstanding?
Did a lover’s indiscretion
Distress you to the core?
Does your object of affection
Now love you less or more?
Did secrets kept
Destroy you? Or
Surprise with
Joy and excitation?
Was concealment
Worse than truth?
What cost to hide
Even from yourself?
Speak your truth, but speak with care
The truth can set you free!
But there is
No guarantee!
"Three things cannot long stay hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha
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Mel Gill Poem
Snowflakes float
Whimsically on the wind
Drift
Soar
Fall
Gentle merging of
Terrestrial elements
Seeking
Cosmic order of
Patterned perfection
Children frolic with Frosty
Making snowmen and
Snow angels
Snowflakes melt
Swept aside by
Busy wipers on
Sliding cars on
Slippery roads
With dizzy drivers
Seeking stars and
Sparkling moonbeams
On lonely roads
In lonely lives
Where snowflakes fall
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Mel Gill Poem
Catch the Clouds
As they drift by
The moist mist kissed
In dream blue high
Catch the clouds in
The sweet salt snare of
A woman’s womb
A cozy room
Catch the clouds
If you care
Catch the moist seed
Plant it deep
Bring the moist need
From its
Dreamy sleep
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When last we spoke
An image came
This latest journey
The latest challenge
That will test
The strength of
Our RESOLVE to
Build upon the love
Begun long ago
Now re-inspired
Hesitant at first like the
Faltering steps of a foal in spring
Struggling to stand
Kicking up its heels
Now thundering hoofbeats
Racing toward an
Ever closer
finish line
Two hearts then
Pierced
By arrows from
A Cupid’s bow
Souls now merged by
Love in overflow
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Eastern dam
A vast expanse of
Captive water
Long grass and reeds
Marshy acres where
Where the dike’s inadequacy
Overflowed
The hoarse call of
Mating geese
On flighty wings
Ducks plummeting
To a watery landing
A gilded Teal
A fledgling Heron
On awkward limbs
A Meadowlark
A Whippoorwill
Sweet breeze caressing
Gentle doe
Knee-deep in swamp
Gazing intently at
Shadowy rider
Perched contentedly on
Looming horse
High on a distant hill
Near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 1968
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Mel Gill Poem
Lake Alma Hills
(near Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 1969
People are born here
And people die
Some live scarcely more
Than a shadow existence
Mere
Specters
Tossed about
In the speechless wind
And sand that
Sweeps across
The uneasy and lonely
Beauty
Of
Lake Alma hills
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A Thousand Points of Light! ! ! ! !
Once a beacon of democracy
A shining light on the hill
The ‘American Dream’
Anyone can ‘make it’
Never more than aspirational
Structurally delusional
Always susceptible to its
Achilles heel of secessionism
Some of its best assassinated
Or by monied politics defeated
First flag on the moon
Space dominance presumed way too soon
Despised for arrogance
Its citizens abroad
Stars and Stripes now
Fraying fragments of flags
Whole garment failed stitching
From asynchronous rags
Once feared for its might
Lauded for leadership
Now pitied for lack
Red states and Blue states
Lives, alliances, treaties
Rendered asunder
Loudest voice ‘on the air’
A narcissist’s thunder
Country ‘On edge’
Another civil war?
Only uncivil
Likely pre-armed
Pathogens viral
Two at a time
Both pathological
Prey on their hosts
One is genetic
The other --- simply pathetic
Both challenge immunity
We fear with impunity
The narcissist’s tree
Spreads deep its roots
Succoured by racism systemic
Slavery endemic
Economy touted
To all ‘trickle down’
Not even believed by
Despotic clowns
Adulation for autocrats
Fictional ‘Deep State’ disdained
Putin holds reins
Interference disclaimed
Ethicists exiled
Whistleblowers reviled
Demagogues
Speed dialed
Conspiracies multiple
Fake News? A hoax!
Twitter ablaze
Lies to amaze
GOP Mafia dishonour the name
Show neither honour nor shame
Rules not applied
Accountability denied
Chloroquine, QAnon conspiracy condoned
Confessed criminals pardoned
American oligarchs
Feeding on democracy, frenzied like sharks
Self-dealing, obnoxious corruption
Norms, institutional disruption
Sows seeds of anxiety, distrust
Empire his lust
People’s House
Malignantly defiled
Call in the thugs, antifa to blame
For chaos he fomented
Dares to compare
His historical place
With Presidents on Rushmore
His face would disgrace
Trash the troops
Poor losers, suckers, and dopes
Then lie and deny
Is there room left for hope?
Send them to
War manufactured
Perhaps a despot’s
Last gloat
Bought ‘peace’ deal where
There had been no war
The prize, if he’s awarded…
Nobel gone to hell
Thousands eligible to nominate
He’s no Carter, Sadat, MLK, Mikhail, Mandela, or Malala
Hitler, Mussolini, Tito, Stalin, and Putin
These more the class he’s within
Senate Klansmen
White vestments disrobed
By their push to spoil Justice
With anti-choice Handmaiden exposed
Gerrymandering not its purview
Says GOP’s Supreme Court review
Voting suppressed
Post office crippled, mailing repressed
Two hundred dollars he dupes
Will buy seniors’ votes
Promises for health care, the sorts
He’s challenged in courts
Drop boxes pretence
High Covid risk?
Tamp down the testing
Truth tally telling
Way too unsettling
Lower numbers they’re betting
Leave voters forgetting
This pathogen
Was spawned from within
Might make defeat razor thin
Election is rigged,
But not if I win
No low…Too low…Too stoop!
A Thousand Points of Light
Nearly extinguished
In the Hitlerian obscenity
Of ‘White Supremacy’
Northward wafting on wildfire smoke
A stench of democracy’s
Decomposing detritus
To join, please don’t invite us
Pray for Republic reprieved
From this nepotist’s dream
We the People’s…
…Nightmare
RBG ….. RIP
Mel D. Gill
9/26/20
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I’ve walked
Many a mile
Since every Rainbow’s End
Was just a wish away
Every pot of gold
Has stayed a wish ahead
I’ve walked
Many a mile
Through smoke-filled haze
And alcoholic daze
Melody now gone
From lonesome cities
I took no time
To listen then
Now I’ll sit a while
By the Banyan Tree
Draw its cosmic force
Replenish my spirit
My energy
Journey on to
Find hope at
The
Rainbow’s End
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Mel Gill Poem
A poem is a little girl
Helping Mommy with the dishes
Or teaching her how to use
A computer app
A little boy at play
In his sandbox
Or the games apps on his i-pad
A poem is
Mommy kissing Dad
It’s the sun rising in the morning
A harvest moon at night
A poem is twinkling stars
Over motor cars
On bustling highways
It’s city lights and
Airplanes and satellites at night
Aurora Borealis unexpected
A poem is rhyme without reason
And deer out of season
It’s puppy dogs at play
And swans in flight
It’s all of the good things in life
And some of the bad
For a little boy it’s the moments
Shared with Dad
A poem is a vast unending river
Roaming quietly through the day
And growing quiet in the dusk
As it gently threads its present
To the past and a poem is
You in the fullness of life
Copyright © Mel Gill | Year Posted 2019
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