dVerse Poets Pub – Page 15 – Another Fearless Year

March 10, 2016

The One-Eyed Wonder

I tell my dog to stay so he promptly sits He just wants to play It’s a battle of wits A quick game of fetch fits with the cat’s added comedy when he jumps and flits It seemed like quite the tragedy when the poor dog...

The Notebook

The small notebook languished at the bottom of a dark drawer its pages filled with lists of vegetables, partial poems Ingredients lists for salads and stews long since cooked and eaten but not necessarily forgotten Poem bits inspired late at night by verses careening through...

Poetry Comments: 27

March 8, 2016

Oblivious

The drunkard grins from ear to ear Oblivious to the pain he inflicts on those who love him Numb to the pain buried six feet under his cold cold heart Bartender, bring me a double That and a grin will drown all his troubles _____________________________...

Poetry Comments: 5

March 7, 2016

Choices

A forced grin a false I’m okay are all I’ve got It’s been three years, three years today since you left with me not knowing not for sure anyway where you have gone Heaven or hell those are the choices Which did you choose? ___________________________________ At...

Poetry Comments: 30

February 29, 2016

My Journey of Lent

The journey of Lent is personal for each Christian. In fact, some Christians aren’t even aware of what Lent is, what it means. It should be a journey of drawing closer to Christ, of understanding His sacrifice. Yet so often it becomes a journey of...

Poetry Comments: 18

February 25, 2016

I’m 95 Today

Today is my 95th birthday and I’m tired I can’t catch my breath and my chest feels tight And I’m tired, so very tired It’s good to be out of that awful hospital bed At my daughter’s house instead The trips from the hospital to...

Poetry Comments: 25

February 23, 2016

Exam Flashback

The only sounds in the room are pages flipping, keyboards clicking, air blowing from the ceiling vents The tension thickens as the time set to begin passes I’m thankful that for me the tension is a 25-year-old memory and it didn’t involve the stress of...

Poetry Comments: 12

February 17, 2016

Cerulean Sky

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ~ Mary Oliver When you’re 14, they call it puppy love. What does a 14-year-old know of love—anyway, I thought it was...

Poetry Comments: 14

February 16, 2016

She Always Called Me Sweetie

The little room was suffocating I sat there with my sister Suz, my brother-in-law Dick, and the shell of my sister Peggy I wouldn’t have known it was Peggy in the bed if Suz hadn’t also been there I hadn’t seen Dick in 28 years; he’d...

Poetry Comments: 26

February 11, 2016

Why This Pain?

Why would God allow this pain? Sometimes I wonder, sometimes I doubt What is this suffering all about? What could there possibly be to gain? Oh the trauma that drove me insane Mired in darkness, struggling to get out Why would God allow this pain? Sometimes...

Poetry Comments: 29

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Another Fearless Year

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The One-Eyed Wonder

The Notebook

Oblivious

Choices

My Journey of Lent

I’m 95 Today

Exam Flashback

Cerulean Sky

She Always Called Me Sweetie

Why This Pain?

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The One-Eyed Wonder

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The Notebook

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Oblivious

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Choices

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My Journey of Lent

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Exam Flashback

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