Dave's Poetic Meanderings

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Sunday, June 18, 2006

HAD A STORM LAST NIGHT AND HERE YOU GO!

ENJOY A SPRING SHOWER When thunder started in the West I thought how I might use it best. I’m sure there’ll be no work today. I wouldn’t have done it anyway. I’m at wits end, my strength is gone. I cant’ fix everything gone wrong. Rain will bring a nice delay, Put off what I’m to do today. I’ll sit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

"FLOWERING LOVE" I'm Back!

I wrote this to my wife while she was still in Ukraine. It seems a little vague, but maybe I'm too critical. FLOWERING LOVE A flower is a gift from God Although it’s sent from me. Beauty, sometimes unsurpassed Springs from a tiny seed. The bloom will prosper safely there Tucked in its lovely bed,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

ABOUT CHILD ABUSE - PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND!

Talk about weird. Blogit kept me up til 2:30 this morning, as usual, and I had to get up at 7:30 without fail. Not much sleep to begin with, but at 6:30 I woke up and this poem was in my mind. I don't know where it came from or why! I must have written it mentally in my sleep cause as soon as I got... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

FRIENDS ACROSS THE SEA - for my wife before I brought her over ...

from Ukraine only to lose her three years later. Ah.... She was a fairly famous artist (see her work at www.sunqueenart.com) over there and in Europe and her two children are near prodigy pianists. Later I will post haiku and a poem or two I wrote about them but for now, here you go! The first few... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 12, 2006

BY READER REQUEST "TALL PRAIRIE GRASS"

I guess my haiku sight was a little confusing when I posted four haiku. A reader commented that they made a nice transition from the two about prairie grass to the two about the deer in the woods. So I told him I would write a poem that actually DID incorporate the two ideas and I shall find a way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

ANGEL EYES - FOR ALL YOU HOPELESS ROMANTICS LIKE ME!

The girl in the Haiku that keeps appearing and disappearing was the subject of this particular poem. Incidentally, she is gone again. ANGEL EYES Angel eyes glance up at me Through lashes long and supple. They cast their spell And I know well My heart is deep in trouble. Angel eyes gaze back at me As... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 10, 2006

ALL ALONE - FLASHBACK TIME!

Here is that poem I wrote some 30 years ago, that triggered the recent sequel "STILL LONELY" I posted a few days ago. I wish I could report that things have changed but really they haven't. Love continues to elude me. I am married but separated. There is love there but not enough to overcome the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 9, 2006

Ode To The Stars - a lonely lament with happy ending!

My son is not a poet, but after a few beers, he popped this out and surprised us all! I helped him tweak a couple words to make it more grammatically correct, but it is all his! What do you think? Ode to the Stars I look at the stars and mourn For I seek one’s love so deep I cannot escape. I am lost... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 8, 2006

LOVE KNOWS NO DISTANCE OR "WHAT A FOOL AM I"

Here is a poem I wrote for my wife when I was "courting" her. Yes, people still do that. She was still living in Odessa, Ukraine at the time as we battled the evil INS for her visa. Lonely Storms Like two ships on the ocean Amid a raging sea, Both are seeking safety With the one they cannot see. Now... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

LOVE CAN BE SO CRUEL - SELF PORTRAIT

Well, I did finish it so here it is. I wrote a poem about 32 years ago that started with a variant of the first four lines of this poem, this poem being kind of a continuation of a situation I had hoped was temporary. Yes, the poem is about me and it's a long story. Anyway, maybe others can relate?... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

I have written poetry of one sort or another for over 30 years. Now in the mid of my life, I have gotten secure enough in it's quality and other's have sufficiently reinforced it's desirability, I have decided to do something with it. Many of the enterings here are in contests and we'll see how they do. Also, I will have a blog of Haiku, which is Japanese poetry of strict adherence to form and style. My third blog will be for military poetry, which has recently been subjected to public scrutiny, illiciting most powerful emotions. So I offer all to you to enjoy!

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