Personal Poetry

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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Fly Gently Ship

Fly Gently Ship Fly gently ship into the night That takes my daughter to the Pharoah's land Land lightly near the Nile shore In a soft Moses basket swaddle my baby in its arms Copyright © 2008 by C. P. Klapper Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Times Gone

Times Gone Gone are the times we could have had The meals and words together All ghosts of dreams that could not be Awaiting will and whether And as my thoughts from sane to mad Are turning, twisting, I Am stressing, straining for the key The future's unlocked by The mirrored present, pleasant,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Needles and Pins

Needles and Pins I'm on needles and pins Struck with a bloody heart From my love's past sins Which keeps us apart Now with patience as sharp Longing minutes that cut On missteps I harp I race in my rut Eager would I proclaim Stronger Love with each day When I say your name It drives you away Forward... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Sleep Fast

Sleep Fast Recently, I have been reminded how being a student in higher education is in this one respect training for parenthood: it acclimates one to a life where sleep deprivation is your major form of exercise. Two women in my life – peace, one is my daughter facing a college junior workload –... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Blank Rhyme

Blank Rhyme O could I play such a simple ____ That with many a Cupid’s ____ To make my mark upon your _____ With aim not of an old ____ But with truer one of life’s _____ Set my life’s course with that _____ With you on my deck, I’d look _____ E’en if I were but a captain of a ____ Copyright © 2007... Sign in to see full entry.

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Assurance

Assurance Then dance sweet lady across the stage And, only when you call, I’ll come to support you for your leaps And catch you from each fall. But otherwise, impatiently, I’ll wait to see your shows, to buy a ticket in the audience, then add my admiring applause. Copyright © 2007 by C. P. Klapper Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Not Going Overboard

Not Going Overboard When the port is in view the crown of your heart above the bejeweled sea Sparkles in the stillness, same listless doldrums you long to escape Fly would you over the bar on sailing wings of love landing in her arms Yet such you know from just before would scare her clear away your... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name? Some of you may have heard me mention that I am named after my Grandpa Peterson, Carl Peter Peterson. This, of course, was a cause of some confusion at family gatherings and whenever Grandpa and I were together in public. For the most part, I was "the young Carl Peter" and Grandpa... Sign in to see full entry.

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In response to someone feeling they need to be their own selves

and not everybody's doormat... I especially feel like this during the political season. I offer you my stock answers for those rare times when the poli-ops ask for your engineered response: 1. None of the above. 2. Your question(s) suck! 3. Am I left or right and where on your scale? I have my own... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Another Fragment

Another Fragment give me a whisper in the night in the darkness my true light Copyright © 2007 by C. P. Klapper Sign in to see full entry.

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