don-bouchard
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My Father Explains Nothing
My father never says: / “I miss your mother.” / Instead he asks
@MarcoK
46
May 30
The Ebb and Flow of the Academic Life
We live in oceanic tides / Students come and go / Papers left on the sands
14
Apr 24
In Ireland, the farmers are trying
To catch the government's ears / To say, "Cannot ye hear?" / Politicians never realize the money
15
Apr 24
Voice
I would be a voice / Sometimes strident / Sometimes quiet
17
Apr 16
The Houthi Factor
Oil is the drumbeat beneath every throne, / the pulse of a world that pretends it’s grown; / yet the Red Sea shivers, the tankers crawl slow,
@marshal-gebbie
46
Apr 3
Explication of a Painting
Trying to hold fond, forever memories, / I painted the sun setting in the hills / With a river running down, and cottonwoods
15
Mar 11
Discovering the Plan
He was an old friend of the critics, / A poet laureate well known, / Studied, he puzzled us all.
14
Mar 11
Fallen Idol
Time is spent, / The secret's out; / Your name now lends
4
Mar 11
What We Carry Quietly
Nothing remarkable happened today. / I woke, drank my coffee; / even the street kept its promises.
@VerseBuster
26
Feb 23
Stille Nacht
Cold night, Clear air / Far sight, Bright stars / Standing with head tipped,
20
Feb 22
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