Tag Archives: commitment

Gift

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Michael

This is shared with Poetry Jam where the prompt today is to write about GIFT I’ve searched for ways To make you see That beneath this rough exterior There lies a person. Just a man, Nothing special. A mass of … Continue reading →

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Poem 46

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Michael

I wake at odd hours Glance at my clock It never lies Never what I want to see. I want the hours to pass For the darkness to end I can’t wait for the dawn. That moment when you realise … Continue reading →

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Poem 43

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Michael

I sit at the window Watching the street You’ll be here Any minute now. My heart rate builds My smile broadens The buses on time. Thank goodness. I see you In your grey suit A little dishevelled now Striding purposefully … Continue reading →

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Poem 37

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Michael

I love the dawning, The half-light snaking into our room. I look at you Asleep, breathing so gently I do so like to wake up with you. You begin to stir I look at you Your eyes awakening to the … Continue reading →

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Poem 19

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Michael

Should we? Should we? Look! The sun It’s a lovely morning. We could walk? Have coffee? Talk? Hold my hand? Of course. You look… You look….   Your foot rubs my leg Questions answered

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Poem 18

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Michael

outside the dawn approaches. beside me you lie, I watch your breathing, your body at rest. your skin,soft in repose. I am looking at you, I marvel at you, I lust after you, I want you now to awaken you … Continue reading →

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Poem 17

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Michael

I watch you, across the park, striding, pacing, head down, intent, What did you say to the man, the woman, the child playing with the dog? Was it spying to want to see you in the everyday?   Later I … 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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Prompt 23 Anais Nin Quotes – My Wife

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Michael

  “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage … 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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