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Other Poems
the rest of my poems
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The majority of my poetry is free verse, though I actually prefer rhymed verse.
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Never, I Say!  [E]   0.8 KB
This dates me- I got my degrees on an old Underwood Typewriter, the beast!

The Troll  [E]   0.6 KB
I am my own worst obstacle.

Choice  [13+]   0.6 KB
the innocent sacfificed in our age- primarily referring to abortion

Memories  [E]   1.6 KB
Clearing out a heap of mementos of a past I let go of reluctantly

Time Travel  [E]   0.8 KB
a moment in my day took me back to my teen years with my dear horse, Chance

I Live in My Head  [E]   1.0 KB
Autism spectrum communication issues: Trying to express how I think.

Companion Fare  [E]   0.6 KB
metaphor as I ponder on what it costs to get to heaven

Outside, Looking In  [E]   0.7 KB
Ever feel like you are from another planet? Asperger's does that to you.

Billboards  [E]   0.8 KB
reflections as I drove past my old childhood haunts.

Amputee  [E]   0.5 KB
What's left for me to let go? *note: I wrote this as a metaphor!

Hit and Run  [13+]   0.5 KB
A hero of mine was sent to prison for crimes against children. Can no one be trusted?

The Natural State  [13+]   0.8 KB
haiku for the married. What could be more natural?

Empty Skies  [13+]   0.6 KB
9-11 in retrospect.

Autumn Spirits  [13+]   0.1 KB
autumn is like that...

ABC of Life (and Death)  [E]   0.9 KB
Found this in a folder from my high school years. I like it.

Vacation  [E]   0.4 KB
Trochaic Monometer

Night  [E]   0.5 KB
nightmares...

Indigo Creeping  [E]   0.2 KB
written for Nature's Beauty contest prompt: dusk over water

The Travails of October  [E]   2.8 KB
absolutely true & unembellished tale based on events in our family in October, 1987

Fire In the Pool  [E]   40.0 KB
for Rix's Haiku--Picture Contest

Futile Pairings  [E]   0.3 KB
a metaphorical extreme

Another Death  [E]   0.6 KB
This one came to me as I unloaded the dishwasher...

Easter Ever After  [E]   0.6 KB
more meditations on a priest forced from ministry- work in progress

Starting From Scratch  [E]   0.3 KB
a priest I love was removed from ministry-I wonder what this first Easter was like for him

Traveling Alone  [E]   0.4 KB
I stayed in a hotel alone for the first time in 47 years. I missed home.

Old Shoes  [E]   0.3 KB
I visited a place of old pain. It still hurt. A metaphor.

Finding My Place  [E]   0.5 KB
for the WEEKLY Acrostic *Plus Poetry Contest

Autumn Eyes  [13+]   0.2 KB
for some reason the autumn leaves made me think of eyes in midlife

Morning  [E]   0.1 KB
another poem from a morning person

Pastoral  [E]   0.2 KB
visions from a rural life

Cold Morning  [------]   0.1 KB
frost on the window

Spark  [E]   0.1 KB
watching the flames is hypnotic

Dawn  [E]   0.1 KB
Written by a morning person

Love Songs  [E]   0.1 KB
written on hearing frogs after a storm

High Places  [E]   0.1 KB
I love mountains, even if I'm a flat-lander!

Gossip  [E]   0.2 KB
my, how those little tales grow...

Change  [E]   0.2 KB
another poem about autumn

Proposal  [E]   0.2 KB
...'til death do us part

Lovers  [13+]   0.1 KB
haiku isn't just for nature poems, you know

Left Out  [E]   0.2 KB
watching my cat watching me

Grey  [E]   0.3 KB
when even breathing is a burden

Night Thoughts  [E]   0.3 KB
anticipation's wakefulness

Ode to a Preschooler  [E]   1.1 KB
If you have a four year old, you'll recognize this one...

Busy  [E]   1.1 KB
Wrote this in my college years. It's a lesson I need to relearn!

Watchworks  [E]   0.1 KB
Ever meet a gossip?

This Day  [E]   0.4 KB
the power of the past

Revelation  [E]   0.7 KB
a sonnet from my college days!

Ordinary Time  [E]   0.3 KB
Ordinary time in Catholicism means numbered (ordinal) days

Day to day  [E]   0.6 KB
written when I lived alone

Rambling  [E]   0.5 KB
in need of a human voice

Familiar Roads  [E]   0.5 KB
trying to reconnect with a dead past

Retrospect  [E]   0.5 KB
dreams are short-lived sometimes

Alone  [E]   0.3 KB
even the rocks feel like crumbling sometimes

Time  [E]   0.1 KB
time as a trinket worn by our immortal souls

Thin Thoughts  [E]   0.1 KB
writing doesn't substitute for people

Postal Haiku  [E]   0.1 KB
Ever wonder what that mailman's smiling about?