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Best Poems Written by Ryan Farmer

Below are the all-time best Ryan Farmer poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Hey, Butterfly, Butterfly

Hey! butterfly! butterfly! 
Wait for me, 
And tell me of your dreams.

Have you danced with fairies gay
And found your love and life? 
Have you sipped the sweetest gold
And rest on  the coloured beds? 


Hey, butterfly, butterfly
Come on me,
And sing me your finest song.

Have you heard the music,
The music of all that is? 
Have you seen the unseeable tones, 
And swam in the seas scent? 

Hey, butterfly, butterfly
Rest on me
And tell me what you be.  

Have you danced with blossoms 
And laid your babes to hatch? 
A fluttered dream of worms long dead
The hope of better things to come.

Hey, butterfly, butterfly
Leave me not
But tell, 
What do dreams, dream of? 
Of worms? of God? 
Or  Both?

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In Praise of My Friend Death

Dear Friend (Death) 
How oft`n have we shared a crust of bread 
And wet our throats in tears 
When both we met to wine a boat 
Into waters deep. 
And yet I fear you not  
For sure as a rising sun 
Or a setting moon 
Or swirling galaxy  
Thou will come for me 
To rest my pain and sorrow 
And gift me with a life renewed.  
You are my vag-na, 
My key 
My eggshell 
You are water to a seed 
You will turn my page 
And close my book but 
Hand me a library. 
Read one last line and 
Let me float into an unseen dimension 
until I meet my lover 
face to face 
who justifies everything. 
Thank You, Friend.

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My Tree

My Tree, 
And
My child,
From seed to sprout
Then twig to bough
From shade to light
Together upward t`ward the sun
From hope to faith then love,
Embrace my death, 
And grow with me.

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A Tree Warning

I know your father,
And his fathers too,
I know you all, 
Together.

And now, without a frown
You want to tear me down.
Do your fathers know ?
And children`s children ?
No ! 

I feed the air,
Embrace the earth.
I keep the flame, 
And waters hold.

Dear one, 
How will you cope,
When I am gone
Devoid of hope?

The air will choke
And earth will move
Fires consume and
Waters wash away.

When I am gone, how will you cope,
Dear one, devoid of any hope?

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Justice Delayed

For a quarter 
of a hundred years
We waited 
hidden.
Others losing heart.
We listened 
blending
Others died.
We listened 
motionless
We learnt all there is 
and more
Till our hairs greyed and fell 
We waited
invisible.
Living among spiders.

Then the forth came,
Chosen, 
The boy 
Gave us a fighting chance
Giving us, 
The only hope we had
He saw the road
Turned us into hungry lions,
launched
An irresistible pride unto ourselves,
And wise humility.

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Earth Tree

What has more beauty than a tree
That sways and shimmers in the cooling breeze. 
Dancing in the living wind, 
To the music of a rushing wish
Embracing the heart of Earth,
Adorned with the jewels of free spirit. 

What shares more bounty than a tree,
That feeds and quenches more than  thousands
Laying beds of amber leaves
To Feed our mother earth
Kissing the face of Gaia,
Adorned with the fruits of free blessings.

What is more solid than a tree
That shades and shelters from torrid sun
Standing in the firey hell
To defy the scorching blaze 
Clothing the bare skin of Ma
Adorned with the strength of free love

What is more aged than a tree
That holds and lives throughout the eons
Vying all that flows
To stand against all evil   
Baring the heart of love
Adorned with the power of truth

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Valletta

Valletta city:
Palazzi like clothes-lines of unwashed underware,
And stale, crumbling  cake-carnival,
A giant cheese-grater,
Across a block of holed cheese.
City-fortress without a gate,
undressed and shamed,
A gaping hole between two thighs.
Hoarse Parliament, two sizes small.
Theater-pjazza under sun and sweat,
Rain and wet, and noise annoyed,
At least cumfy plastic seats.
Piano playing his violin.
In Karnival town.

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Marie For President

Marie may be for President,                                     
Now in our hearts she`s resident.                            
Truly has a heart of gold,                                               
It should be widely told.                                                

Marie  `s hard working through and through,          
Great champion of the weak, we knew.                 
Clearly able to connect,                                                 
She`s earned our due respect.                                       

Great minister, mother, and wife,                                   
To help us, is her way of life.                                     
Marie stands so straight and tall,                                  
So loved by one and all.

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Forest Butterfly

Alone upon a foreign shore,        
And deep within the forest realm.   
Gliding just above the forest floor            
Colors flashing, jerking, flowing  
Rapture: a maestro moving.     
Fragile so alive and reckless.    
Stunning ballerina prancing,    
Dancing tales of lesser lore     
Discover overwhelming awe,   
Give me more and more and more!
A sight enchanting to behold  
Leaves floating on a surface stream.    
Give me space and time to dream,  
For memories long forgotten.

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To Risk a Tree

Is it sane 
To groom a tree 
And prune it carefully,
To water and support her.
Hold it strong for five and two score years
A now proud and awesome tree?

To nurse it back to life
When touched by booming light.
To praise  
Of fruit it shares,
The nest it bares
And the universe it holds.
And then,
To write in sand, 
And stir,
And trust a jealous carpenter 
With your finest saw.