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CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
IT                        TAKES
A         STRONG           MAN
TO                                        LOVE
A             ­                      WOMAN
YET                                          IN
HIS        ­               WEAKNESS
HE                                 IS
EVEN         STRONGER
IN               HER
LOVE
I have been playing with word art for a while now
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
I am new to this site
I have to ask why
so many people here
Use a lower-case i
Is there a trend
The reason why
Grammatically correct
To verify
No longer apply
Free verse poetry define
Free of limitations of
regular meter or rhythm
Artistic expression
Yet if your purpose
Is to publish
The capital i(I) shows
You Matter
I use to teach at a post secondary college
It is not my intent to embarrass or make anyone feel bad
Corrective critique is a tool to help improve our work
Isn't that why we are here
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
Brothers and Sisters are we
standing proud of our heritage tree
Deep rooted values are held so dear
Our family bond that kept us near

One by one we married or moved away
Yet still remain close to this very day
we have all grown in our love
Our Parents and Peter keep watch from up above

As we start to reach old age
will look back on life and love as our gauge
Smile knowing for better or worse
A Bowen giving up, now that would be a first

Sitting back in our rocking chair
Jessie and I will both be there
Life passes by in the blink od an eye
Proud to be a Bowen until the day we die
Bowen is my maiden name
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
For better or worse
Ignorant trusting
It's the kind of thing
that happens to
other people
Not Us
Our bond                         was strong
a lasting love
He tried to hide
His Mistress
betrayed
how brazen
right under.             my nose
Why did he                          give her
His soul
Sneaking out
to get a taste of her
laughing in delight
she gave her all
The smell of her
lingered
on his lips
fooling no one
except himself
      Lying Eyes                                 Standard denial
finally
I found them
together
as he was just
finishing her
Caught in the act
I had to see
who stole my man
Face to face
Stunned                                     dis-belief
I could never                                   measure up
now I knew her name
***** Smirnoff
If you notice this is supposed to be two people on top of each other
An alcoholic hiding his alcohol Fools no one  especially one who does not drink
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
I am a
diamond
in the rough
a rock really,
raw edges
Undefined
lines
but if                                     you care
to look
deeper
you can see
With polish
and refinment
I will shine to
Perfection
Want to
Help
Give me a rub
Something I love to play with word art is something  as far as I know I am vented I wear my poems have a recognizable shape  this person is me
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
The faces you see
Are not who
I want to be

My smile is as big
For all to see

Looking Closely
the eyes
Never tells lies

Yet I have scars
You can not know

I have pain
Which would
drive most insane

Is it you
Is it me
Push Away
Would you not feeling well if people ask how are you today don't want it now they just want you to say fine
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
If
I get to close
If
I get to near
If
I give you love
Your heart will fear
If
I make you cry
If you shed a tear
If
I surrender
My dear
Will you disappear
A classic poet  e.e. Cummings wrote
If poems
this is mine
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