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Best Poems Written by Tess Perko

Below are the all-time best Tess Perko poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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To Mother

A stabbing pain awakes me,
The beating of my heart,
The crying of my soul
Signaling empty—that you are gone.

I never lost such love
Until I lost yours.
The dark was never so deep
Until your light went out.

You are gone, gone, gone, gone
And I can’t reach you
E’en though I stretch a wild hand
To find lonely fingers.

Your voice—its cadence
In my ears.
Your lovely charm and face
A whisper of memory.

Come back for only a breath
And then another, another,
So I never have to breathe
Without the love you breathed into me.

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Veiled Supremacy

White
I know how,
Here’s some money,
Work to succeed,
All Lives Matter,
Color doesn’t matter,
Blue Lives Matter,
Reverse discrimination,
Jesus knows best,
Privilege.

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Memory Bird

When I turn
Into dust and memory,
No one will say
I was an eagle,
Flying higher than anyone,
Big, wide wings,
Queen of the sky.

Nor will they say,
I was a raven,
Cloaked in a black, cleric’s frock,
But cocky and loud.

They won’t think I was a cardinal,
Dressed for the red carpet,
Ravishing in the midst of the snow.

Perhaps they’ll say I was a dove,
Flying over the fence,
Cooing softly,
Until the whole yard grew content and calm.