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MOMWritten months after her passing and the loss will always linger! 2009 Tweaked and added 2 lines on 9/17/17 and (Mother's Day) 5/13/18 redo 3/30...

LossI wrote this poem at a time when a dear friend had lost his wife in a tragic accident. I saw how much he grieved for her and it broke my heart. I ch...

THE LORD KNOWS WHYIt's about loss.... who can't relate? Tweaked 9/10/17...

126 in 22 daysThis is a poetical stand for those people who have taken their own lives in Ireland this year. If Ireland’s suicide rate keeps going at the same pace....

For all the men that tried to do you wrong..What were you thinking? Did she not kiss your Cheek like a dove from Heaven? Can't you remember Her glowing smile As you walked Through the d...

A Starry NightThere's nothing much to say it sorta went this way I looked at a picture that has become a fixter in a museum far far away....

Homecoming (In memory of my dad)In loving memory of my father Kendrick Sharpe. Missionary, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist church. Who passed on the 11th day of June 2017, one...

For my Late Great Mate Bob* A Sydney suburb. ** A dear old mate of mine Robert (Bob) died in hospital, about a week ago; and I wrote this poem, as a tribute to him. "Whe...

Knight RulesThis poem was inspired by the poetic life of Café Jim (cafetwo2010) and godsprincess' ANGEL CAFE tribute to him. Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke of Cornwal...

Ships in the Night (To Cafe)For the years that I've been on here, I have crossed swords with some and had agreeable chats with others. Jim was certainly of the latter. He wrote f...

RIP: To Cafétwo2010 with LoveThough I only come here now and then and have lost touch with many of you for the years I have been away;times like this brings us together!. I just...

Walking ShadowTo quote the Bard: "Life is a walking shadow." Recent events have inspired me on this one....

SINGLESINGLE… Single to hold single to write single to live ,single to type single to eat to sleep to bear to wake up alone with whom to share? Single...

A wonderful walk with CafeOur beautiful friend. He and others know. xx...

58 danube 3135one of 1000 faces, of reality...

On ReflectionI wrote this poem in a particularly painful period in my life. I hadn't paid much attention to myself for many years and one day I just looked in the...

Our daughters wedding dayI sit here as the tears stream down my face In two weeks our baby girl will take on a husband You won’t be here I know you will be watching with...

TransitionsMy father died on May 30th, 1990 while I was still in my teens yet I wrote this in 2004 or 2005 when I worked on Cruise ships and inspired to write....

Death's OpusHere, On the other side of the page where lost days go, where lost poems go, where forgotten dreams are breaking up like morning fog. Go........

ALL DIE YOUNGKing Solomon had everything a person could desire, including wisdom. He declared all to be, "...vanity, a grasping for the wind." So live your life in...

Goodbye to AidaA good friend of a very dear person to me passed yesterday. She was only 50. May she Rest In Peace....

VanityIt talks about inevitability of death and old age...

WATER, WIND AND ASHI think of then as I force this pen Into empty words of current ken Of mice and men And scores and ten The man was a bo...

Dog Days Are OverFor Mitsy x...

Another daySo the wind chill factor is -5 but I'll stay alive, this doorway is cold but I have cardboard boxes to fold, I can be ok, I can be alright, I know I'...

The WahineMemories of the Wahine disaster. I had taken computers on the Wahine up to Wellington but a month before, and the Inangahua earthquake struck but six...

Desire of a FlowerI wrote this a few years after my wife died back in the late 90's. The words speak for themselves....

One more lossanother painful loss We lost our dog right before the new year . I hope he feels better and calmer THERE...

She had sent a letter, she said20 years later I still cry......

I dont knownot much to say...

PhotoThe rains came As so often they do Filled with heavy monotony Landing where your footsteps Had gently crushed the grass You are no longer with...

Farewell but not GoodbyeMy final words for my mother which will forever endure as the written word remains long after we do...

Piece Of MindIt was 12-4-92 when I wrote this. Being towards very much more songwriter than poet, I started out loosely with this and it all took form. Odd as it s...