Tag: poetry
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Lonely
Lonely is not in your head It’s in your gut If you’ve felt it you know . When the feeling in your stomach Makes you double over That’s loneliness . When the feeling in your stomach Makes you cry in pain That’s loneliness . If you are merely alone If you are missing someone you […]
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The Jazz Club
Packed in close The tabletops barely big enough . A candle Her purse Your drinks . It’s cold outside You wore overcoats She wore a hat and mittens You smile, because she’s cute She smiles because she knows it And you know she took her time To get the hat just right . But now, […]
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I Saw You Walking In The Rain
I saw you walking in the rain Your raincoat says you planned it Walked out the door in the pouring rain Not to get anywhere, just to walk . Likely a young mother Which is normal in this neighborhood But no dog on a leash Which is not . What compelled you to walk now […]
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In The End
In the end. It won’t matter. That’s a lock. You can hustle. You can flex. Live your best life. But the only thing, Will be the one, The person, Holding your hand. © Glenn R Keller 2021, All Rights Reserved
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Quiet
Somewhere between sunset and sunrise We exist, brothers and sisters, In our nether world Shared with more productive denizens Servants of the light dwellers Police and trash collectors And tough waitresses at bad diners They inhabit the world because they have a purpose We inhabit it because we have none . The quiet is a […]
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The Long Sweet Goodbye
The rails had seen better days So we crept along at a snail’s pace Under big blue midwestern skies Young corn, wheat and hay flanking us We stood in the open vestibule Taking in the fresh air Feeling the heat Of that early summer morning We stopped behind a row of tidy houses Eating breakfast […]
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Cold and Alone
Image by Hong daewoong from Pixabay . I don’t ride in the cold Because I’ve had to ride in the cold . Past darkened, brooding buildings Full of oblivious, sleeping people Past the darkened warehouses Past the darkened firehouse . The cold cuts me . Traffic lights cycle Green, Yellow, Red Meaningless. I am the […]
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The Fall
. Your long tan legs, your shiny brunette hair Who was I to long for your lips on mine And why would I dare think I had a prayer But I looked in your eyes and saw a sign . You came for me with those emerald eyes Your breath in my ear that said […]
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The Dean’s Office
. There in the front worked an angel so rare With pouting red lips and skin velvet cream The sunbeams dance through her long golden hair At night, she sings in my electric dreams . I can see it all, like an epic poem Yes we build a love that will never die Raise perfect […]
Glenn Keller 