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Category Archives: Poetry
a song
Click here to hear the poet read his words: a song I used to singa song to youit was full of happy wordsand you’d join in the choruswhile I la lad the jaunty tune the words you lovedwere all my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged chorus, last refrain, leonard cohen, lonely tune, lost love, mermaid, poem, Poetry, song
7 Comments
you were here
Click here to hear the poet read his words: you were here you were herelong ago I rememberhow I worshipped youand you hurt meso many timesbefore you left you were hereonce again so I did everything you askedand moretrying to … Continue reading
clementine
Click here to hear the poet read his words: clementine sitting on the sandlistening to the sealooking at the skyeating a clementinewishing thinking of the pastcontemplating the nowdreaming of the futurewishing remembering your smilemissing your embracelonging for your touchaching at … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged clementine, heartache, lost love, poem, Poetry, wish you were here, wishing
11 Comments
open arms
Click here to hear the poet read his words: open arms the first time you leftI waitedand when you came backI opened my armsand saidI love you and every timesince thenwhen you’ve gonewithout a wordand returnedwith no explanationI’ve opened my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged heartache, i love you, open arms, poem, Poetry, triumph of hope over experience, you left
5 Comments
you said yes
Click here to hear the poet read his words: you said yes I saw youstanding with a group of friendsat the school gatesand when I plucked up my courageyou smiled and said yes some time laterI left for universityI knew … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged adultery, betrayal, childhood sweetheart, loneliness, lost love, mistake, poem, Poetry, yes
11 Comments
ghosts
Click here to hear the poet read his words: ghosts in the darkness they comethe ghosts of my accuserscreated from the angeror resentmentof those who still livewho point fingersand hurl accusationsof heinous crimesmany of whichI admitI am guilty of there … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged forgiveness, ghosts, guilt, heinous crimes, love, mother, poem, Poetry
11 Comments
thistles
Click here to hear the poet read his words: thistles you came into my worldlike sunshine on heatheron the slopes of Ben Lomondlike a soft windbringing springtimeto the Great Glen you enriched my lifelike a unicornbrightens a child’s dreamswith magic … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged bagpipes, Ben Lomond, bob dylan, Great Glen, heather, like a rolling stone, poem, Poetry, thistle, unicorn
7 Comments
I lied
Click here to hear the poet read his words: I lied I lied to youthe first time we metto protect myselfbecause my heart was imprisonedwretchedlyfar across the seaand I found youdangerously attractive I lied to youwhen we met againto protect … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged across the sea, hand in hand, heartbreak, I lied, poem, Poetry, the first time
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happy
Click here to hear the poet read his words: happy the first time that I saw youyou tore my world apartI knew that I would fall for youand that you would break my heart we laughed we danced with mermaidsas … Continue reading