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Shadows And Light
My life, a flickering candle
A flame through the dark of night...
In a stand upon a mantle
Casting shadows and light.
Will a glow or glimmer remain
When this light is no more?
Or will everything remain the same
As it has always been before?
(note- I've never posted this poem even though I used it as a sample in my Bio section. It addresses the question whic...
Sunday 8th June 2025 6:38 pm
Why Do Poets Ponder?
Why do poets ponder
The birds of the air...
For their beauty, their freedom, their song?
Why do they find peace in asking
Questions that begin with why?
Why are they so willing to share
The inner most part of their soul,
Hidden in symbolic mazes
With hedges high?
I guess what I'm really asking
Is why do I?
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