Category Archives: poetry

Lightfoot: A Winter’s Night

Posted on September 21, 2018 by cdsmiller17

the snow is softly falling It is easy to forget how beautiful a song is until you unexpectedly hear it again in the middle of September. Susan and I tried out for a choir last Tuesday. The choir sings exclusively … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Wonder (fragment)

Posted on March 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

If you have a detective nature, You will find so much to trace: The words on the page are your Clue that there’s more than just a face, Staring back from the computer screen; You need only search through history … Continue reading →

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A New Day

Posted on February 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Lifting black covers, Today’s Sun reveals pink sheets On purple pillows.

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Day’s End

Posted on February 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

The orange fireball Streaks behind a navy veil And slips into bed.  

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Today (translation of “Carpe Diem”)

Posted on February 4, 2018 by cdsmiller17
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On His Retirement

Posted on January 3, 2018 by cdsmiller17

  As he comes to the end of a career, Howard thinks back to the beginning Of his Credit Union days, when winning Wasn’t foremost on his mind, nor was fear About the future: he’d a ship to steer Right … Continue reading →

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Frustration

Posted on December 21, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  I want to hold you so near That we become only one, But something has come between: A feeling of unloved fear That you’d like to ignore, shun; Blind thoughts of what might have been.   Our relationship’s futile, … Continue reading →

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Marriage

Posted on December 13, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Let’s face it, I’m scared; Although I know I could have fared Better the first time if I’d been With someone as loving as you: But the trepidation, that’s unseen By your eyes, is all that I can view. … Continue reading →

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Relativity

Posted on December 11, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Time races away All traces that stay Of Youth and Truth; Climb replaces a pace That has no place For quests or rests; Rhyme without a base Becomes a race Of fools for jewels.   Pain kills all thoughts … Continue reading →

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Attention

Posted on December 10, 2017 by cdsmiller17

  Tense: A frown was forming Over a worried eye.   “Nonsense,” Says the tongue, warming To a hurried cry;   Yet the teeth began grittin’ As the splintered nails were bitten;   The neck became strained and cruel As … Continue reading →

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