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Below are the all-time best Whit Howland poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Warm Blue

I go out for walks
once in a blue moon

when I do it’s a warm day
and the sky is many shades of blue 

the moon
is just a clipped fingernail 

I’m so happy now
I’m over the moon and weather
not under it

Whit Howland © 2019

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Miles Davis Statue, Alton Illinois

you lean back
like you always did 
and blow

wearing your bell bottom slacks
cool 
just like you always were

I hear you now
maybe I always did
I just didn't know

it's all I ever wanted  to do
paint a picture
lean back
see 
feel
and hear the music

so please understand
I'm not trying to be you

I'm just trying



© Whit Howland 2019

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Fake Flowers

It’s not your lies
I can’t take

I can fashion those
making them
into a bouquet 

of plastic or

better yet
fake flowers

it’s the fact that 
you take me
for someone easy

with emotions
to be plucked

like strings 
on a jazz bass

and used for chords
in your grand
musical score

Whit Howland © 2019

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Shamrock, Texas

brown on dusty mustard

clashes

with streaks of gray


we

drive through riding

the wave


haven't seen

a drop of rain

in days


sun bleaches boards

and bones

alike









© Whit Howland 2019

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Vintage Cameras

It’s the images
we can’t ignore

when they come
they come in threes

one
on top of the other

all gears
flashes
and springs

the mind shutters
clicks shutters clicks
and shutters some more

© Whit Howland 2019