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William J Donovan
76/M/New Bern, NC
My poems are heartbeats yearning to be lyrics to music.
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William J Donovan
William J Donovan
Jul 2024
Fighting Irish
We've been beat near to death.
Irish mules pull English plows
rocks and clay our last breath.
You steal our milk, eat our cows.
Steal our island as you might.
Ireland is Our emerald sacred
We keep our dignity and fight.
Pubs crawl with pure hatred.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
My Exit
You got a fast get away car
I have a needle of escape,
no cops no jail no czar.
No crusader in a cape.
Just a quick goodbye
without prison ****.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
Danny Ayer
This old arthritic man
pain my constant friend
will jump from fry pan
into my youth's fiery end.
Danny Ayer died in 8th grade driving a '57 Chevy pedal to the metal down Dead Man's hill in Winton Woods.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
I Love
I smell your hair
I love you then
we kiss us there
perfect within.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
Chess Master of Destruction
Hank Kissinger was a cruel kid
who grew up into a psychopath
complete with his patent bid
to destroy filthy needy trash
all dead in his nuclear bath.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
One Word Poems
love.
ouch.
touch.
don't.
hate.
forever.
never.
stop.
once.
more.
I'm.
Dead.
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William J Donovan
Jul 2024
My Dear, Katie
I wish that I knew you more
than I knew your brother.
How can I even the score?
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