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Seldom since the morning glory
Glistened in the sunny glow
When dew has largely turned
To frost the first we such know

The season come the season go
There’s little time left this year
Days grow short nights grow long
Once thing stands up so clear

Snow flurries fall on days so grey
Which covers evenly on the ground
Leaves have fallen and limbs left bare
Only the wind makes some sound

Here we’ve arrived and here we go
The end of autumn and start of winter
The stacks of wood piled so neatly
The kindling all chopped to splinter

My dad was in the Navy
He went to Italy and Iceland
He served from 1954 to 1958
He didn't like Iceland because it was so dark part of the year
He regretted not staying in
Especially when his company cancelled his retirement pension in 1981
At the time he made his decision he was making good money
Better than he got paid in the Navy
How was he supposed to know the unions would get creamed
He is not alone
Sadly, many veterans don't get the support they should have
I hope that could change
Maybe next year
We will elect a president who really cares about these people
As much as they care about all of us

People, what is happening to us?
Conscience under anesthesia,
And the souls have gone blind
Every day there is less and less
Honor,
Less and less light

We're going with the flow
And our hope fades
We're burning down
Filling our emptiness
With fragments of faith.

I'm standing on the edge of the abyss
And my scream breaks
The vanity of existence
Turning melancholy into words.

In the midst of the madness & mayhem of the world there is your love.
And this for me dispells all evil, fear and doubt
When I'm sad,down & in despair,all I need is this love that came from above.
Unconditional, unending & not demanding, its something I can't live without.

You've came into my life when I needed a rope,
hanging on the threads of my sanity.
You gave me a sense of peace, understanding and hope.
Replacing my animosity and vanity.

You stepped in and subdued my anger and bitterness.
But now all that separates us is this distance.
Though I cannot deny this feeling of urgency & bliss.
Fortunately I've been given patience & endurance.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Sugars are sweet but surely not you.

Broken hearts permeate the web.
Spreading vile and hostile vibes.
Heal the wounds to enjoy the web.
New vibes of love and happiness.
Peace and joy to sweet surf of the web.

I saw men from back country rail yards
drunk under a moon of silver sovereigns
yelling tales of the rail lines
from north to south, east to west
while the fires burned down in the drum
amongst the weathered men
there is a fevered bliss
known only to the railways
steel machismo
little vanity prevails
rolling with an orange dawn

2012- cut my finger using a straight knife to try and carve a pumpkin
on Halloween night because I didn't have my saws with me
2018- injured my foot by banging it into a chair after a phone call from my nephew
who wanted his son to have a football team logo, they got Homer instead
that injury lasted for two months and caused me to have foot nip at a
Packers football game because I couldn't wear boots
2023- cut my finger after a phone call from my nephew in jail wanting me to
send him money, I didn't answer it, but it upset me and distracted me long
enough to cut my finger carving Tiffany, from the movie Bride of Chucky

Hi all,

Poetry traffic has been very slow on "The Corner" for a while, so I'm laying down a challenge for all poets to write something, anything, even if it doesn't rhyme.
(The treacherous subject
is "Love".)
So get those pens out and share your thoughts.
All poets welcome !!

Good Luck....
Mick.

HOW CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND
AS WE SIT OVER A DRINK
YOU TELL ME OF A NEW LOVE YOU HAVE
SHE HAS TAKEN OVER YOUR MIND YOUR HEART


HOW CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND
CANT YOU SEE THE PAIN IN MY EYES
CANT YOU FEEL MY SADNESS
HAVE WE NOT SHARED SO MUCH



HOW CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND
ONCE I WANT TO SIT ALL NIGHT
HANG ON YOUR EVERY WORD
HOW I NOW WANT TO RUN AWAY



HOW CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND
AS WE HUG EACH OTHER GOOD NIGHT
A PART OF ME DIES
MY FRIEND MY DARLING
YOU ARE MY MIND MY HEART



HOW CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND

I LOVE YOU ...