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The Squirrel In Winter

The Squirrel In Winter
by Merlynda Robinson

Winter’s russet lad.
The cheeky schoolboy, Seeking
Autumn’s lost homework.

Poem © Merlynda Robinson 2020

Copyright © Merlynda Robinson | Year Posted 2020



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A Simple Village Prayer

Dear God -

walk with us
slowly, slowly
through greying lanes
on quiet heels
in white-washed Spring - 
and hear us sing - 
Saint Sampson’s 
loving lines …  

please paint
the verge-side lilies 
bright! - on lovers please
shine starlight bright! -
and hem our beckoning
golden shores
with billowing flags - 
and tri-colors!

please set within
our fishing nets
our suppers’ fishes -
fat and wet!
(for country folk eat hearty!) 
and share with all
our village pride
our welcoming embrace

make new-found friendships
banish fear, as we prepare
our pretty Summer Fete
this year - this - year
make red post-boxes 
BURST with only ever-joyous news!
please swell our gardens’ harvests 
(and our Honesty Boxes, too …)

and may this place 
be Heaven-blessed. 
‘God Bless’ - ‘God Bless’
To EVERYONE
To ALL who come
To ALL who rest
‘God Bless'
'GOD BLESS’

Copyright © Merlynda Robinson | Year Posted 2024

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Marionette

A little Soul that loves me
As I love her.
I made her so.

Our solitude, like snow.
That silencer of trees - whose
Leaves of thought fall softly.

Though born of trees, she never falls 
For I control her every move. 
And she will never fail me -

For frailty is flesh and blood
And Love that’s won.
Not made.

This little maid of paint and wood
Will never age.
Nor die, diseased - and weary.

New Puppeteer! - New Life!
Her strings can be repaired.
Her eyes - re-stared.

My fingers lose their grip on her
As she outlives My Life.
My Love. And so - 

I Gift this World this pretty Soul
Who stole my heart
And steals the Show. 

Copyright © Merlynda Robinson | Year Posted 2024


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