Category Archives: Poetry

Poem 15

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Michael

You have held me Every fear, every concern you have acknowledged. You have given me a solace. You have let me reveal my soul, You have absorbed my grief, my pain, You have held me within your grasp, Your strength … Continue reading →

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Poem 14

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Michael

I look at you, Asleep in my bed. I listen to your breathing Watch your face, your eyes aflutter in your dreams. Are you in a place where magic happens? Are you running from fear? Do you see me? Your … Continue reading →

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Poem 13

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Michael

  The ones who seek to find Will wonder when the hour comes Why the doors were closed Turned away to emptiness   as the dawn emerges from the gloom lone figures run the horizon heralds of hope, of rebirth … Continue reading →

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Prompt 23 – Anais Nin Quotes – 4

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Michael

  “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” … Continue reading →

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Ligo Haibun Challenge – A Kiss and Goodbye

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Michael

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough -Rabindranath Tagore   I sat and pondered whether or not there was an opportunity to engage with him one last time. The last days had been horrific, tubes, machines, … Continue reading →

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Poem 12 – Grandkids

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Michael

there are six of you now, and I have met you all. I shall watch as you grow guided and loved by parents who dote on you leading you carefully along life’s paths. who’ll pick you up when you fall, … Continue reading →

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I love you Dad

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Michael

This week is the anniversary of my worst ever week. A year ago I spent this week with my father as he gasped his way to his death. Dad with Great Granddaughter Dakota each morning a long drive longer as … Continue reading →

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Patchwork Woman

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Michael

This poem has been written following a conversation with a friend who has battled breast cancer, at a cost, and who lives daily with  lymphedema.  She described this poem as ‘Shockingly accurate’. There’s a monster within you One that you … Continue reading →

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Poem 11

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Michael

Wicked Witch Today Jenny from  Ramblings From A Mum  said, you think you’re alright yes? Try these three words and do your worst. Tyrant, disaster and destruction – so I did!! I surveyed the scene Devastation, as far as the … Continue reading →

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Poem 10

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Michael

Do some songs make you cry? Does the lyric and haunting melody move you? Do such moments spark a melancholy That spirals you into a past hurt? Do you linger on the line That promotes tears As you retreat further … Continue reading →

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