Category Archives: joy

Midnight Poem, March 5, 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015 by labeak52

Something wakes me without sounding Nothing stirs, I hear my breath I look out my bedroom window Into darkness, into death. ‘ Yet I move the blanket over Shiver with the morning cold Once more I look through my window … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, December 15, 2014

Posted on December 15, 2014 by labeak52

    Christmas Eve   Christmas is night dark and silent. The silence in the stable then the darkness broken by a flickering torch. The silence now in the suburban streets the darkness broken by twinkling, electric lights Every car … Continue reading →

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Twenty Minutes

Posted on October 10, 2014 by labeak52

Only twenty minutes Till the ride comes and the day starts and I am immersed in the flow of a thousand things one of which might really matter. . Twenty minutes to be alone and to think about what does … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, August 19, 2014

Posted on August 19, 2014 by labeak52

In The Cool Of The Morning   In July there is more than just the heat of the day The sweaty, sticky, exhausting heat Look at those who rise early and walk in the long shade in the lingering breath … Continue reading →

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The Characteristics of Modern Poets #12

Posted on August 17, 2014 by labeak52

The mystic, having once seen the truth, is patient and brave.  For him, there is no worship of counterfeit gold and no fear of counterfeit power.

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Evening Post, August 14. 2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by labeak52

A memoir: a prose poem It is always August.  There was something in those thirty days under the Dog Star that seemed permanent and everlasting.   The weeks in June and July had been long enough to dim the memory of … Continue reading →

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