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  • Column: Complete - 101 Sonnets at allpoetry
    The table of contents
  • Ships at allpoetry
    conversation turned to ships
    that passed in the dark
  • Sanity Designs a New Outhouse at allpoetry
    Apologies for taking Sanity's name in vain, it's because of her role in Huguelot.
  • Greasepaint at allpoetry
    Greasepaint is a loyal friend,
    the mask he dons for work each day;
  • Column: My Publications at allpoetry
    I have published a number of poems in journals, newspapers and anthologies.
    My sonnets have been accepted by an editor and I hope to have more news soon.
  • A Simple Formula at allpoetry
    The world is seeking everywhere for secrets giving wealth
    and never finding how the goal is won;
  • The Way It Is at allpoetry
    Promised the world only to get an atlas was
    the way it is and always was:
  • Ghosts at allpoetry
    The clouds rolled in this winter, and the darkness of the hour
    invades with memories I would not bear,
  • Reciprocity at allpoetry
    We wish to know of reciprocity,
    affection returned, a care for care;
  • Awake from sleep! at allpoetry
    Awake from sleep! the writing cannot wait
    for morning light, for nothing's as it seems,
  • Rejection of Apologies at allpoetry
    If you made an apology from contrition of your heart
  • Winter-bare at allpoetry
    Tell me little bird, what is it you see?
  • Wintrospection at allpoetry
    Winter brings storms of discontent,
    white whirls of nuisance winds.
  • The Knocking on my Door at allpoetry
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  • Centrepiece at allpoetry
    the dinner table set for six
  • Purple Prose at allpoetry
    We stand accused of purple prose
  • #14 female (reservation) at allpoetry
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  • Sonnet 101 at allpoetry
    In other times and places, I was lost
    between the rocks and rivers of my thought,
  • Happy Birthday King Hugh at allpoetry
    A birthday is a day among the rest
    when friends all fuss and tell you you're the best,
  • Write Your Heart at allpoetry
    Write your heart, whether or not they like it,
    write your human pain and love untold,
  • When I Was Young and Fair at allpoetry
    When I was young and fair I walked this world alone,
    for love had come and gone already, none to own,
  • Back Home, Ontario at allpoetry
    I've been to Thailand's beaches
    and to Alborz' upper reaches,
  • Traditions Kept at allpoetry
    On New Year's Eve we'll open doors
    to mark the midnight chime,
  • Palmist at allpoetry
    She took my hands in hers to examine
    palms, the lines and shape of them,
  • To Sleep at allpoetry
    In swirls of softness, dark and deep,
    send mind and body off to sleep;
  • Moonlight at allpoetry
    The pasture is quiet in moonlight
  • Insight at allpoetry
    an insight is sufficient
  • A Last Word at allpoetry
    Tormentor, here's the message you desire,
    my body died, and now at last you're free.
  • Blacksmith's Art at allpoetry
    Cold black iron fences and stairs
    can be wrought by an artist
  • First It Always Goes at allpoetry
    Affection moves in circles, we give and we receive;
    whatever anyone may seek, we find what we believe.
  • To whom shall I tell my grief? at allpoetry
    "My son just died, please listen to my tale,
    for his place really should be mine, of course,
  • I Want Summer for Christmas at allpoetry
    What I really, really want is summer,
    sun, sand and surf at Christmas time,
  • Going Out at allpoetry
    Closing the steel door of my apartment,
    I lock one deadbolt but not the other:
  • Prayer for Forgiving at allpoetry
    Your Son, beloved One, taught what is true,
    it's simple, though it's often hard to do.
  • Affection - For Ron Wiseman at allpoetry
    Affection moves in circles, we give and we receive;
    which widen into spirals embracing all who live.