Second Time Around

Second Time Around - Blogithttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/In my organizing of my Blogit materials, I am removing from my other blogs my original poems, with photos that I took, and placing them in this poetry blog. If you should read one that sounds like something you read before, you probably did.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00My Song Was Gonehttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/606096You are my quietude, My peaceful cove— Haven from the billowing sea Where battered and broken, I foundered long My hope submerged Neath crashing waves Of soul’s despair. My song was gone until You rescued me. You are my harmony, My sweet repose Where melody wafts on air And lilting strains gently...For TexasGem - Why I Travelhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/597652The Road Never Ends No trail too rustic... no path too rough... no country road too winding... To see it is to feel the impulse that quickly grows into an unconquerable longing. I must go. I must see. I must be a part of whatever is along that way. Like siren song luring mariners to destruction,...Too Many Blogshttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/596283The last entry to this blog, "Second Time Around", has been posted (I think). Unless I change my mind later, which has been known to happen, any poems that I write from now on will be incorporated into my Art and Photography blog And So To Dream. The first combination post has been posted there...First Love's Songhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/596015As creeping purple presses against the glare of sun pushing, ever pushing its brilliance, 'til its done, further, ever further over heated sand and rock, such is the melody of life, the ticking of the clock. As darkens natures colors from greens, to blacks or grays, and dulls the rapier-pointed...Too Early In The Morning For Thishttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.8433/595722The Shock Of Sudden Loss Sleep-filled eyes...a deep yawn...first sip of a steaming cup of coffee... I don't understand. Am I confused?...lost? Where are the bits and pieces so beautifully combined into verse fragments?... my morning exercise in poetic reasoning? Are they are gone! Do my eyes...