Tag Archives: relationships

Mrs Green, Medium

Posted on December 15, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Mrs Green Have you ever had a reading done by a medium? It’s a very interesting process: most of the time, you are asked ‘cold’ questions, by which the medium can pinpoint possible connections you may have to those who … Continue reading →

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Too Many Years (lyrics)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  Too Many Years   I’m waiting at the station for the Sudbury bus To see my real dad, years ago: He answered my letter to meet this one time And there’s so much I need to know. But he … Continue reading →

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Hedgey

Posted on June 4, 2014 by cdsmiller17

I have an ear for imitation, even when I cannot accurately reproduce the effect. This is when poetry comes to my aid,  as the reader can hear what I intend, in their own head. That way I can ‘edge my … Continue reading →

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Forty-Love

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Forty-Love Almost too quickly, it’s come time to choose: Have you been courting a twin score of years A match being watched from seats in the tiers? Panic sets in: there’s no time to lose. Perhaps what’s been said will … Continue reading →

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Footprints

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Footprints Somewhere in the middle of the snowstorm, Night fell and trapped me inside its darkness: Out in the cold, I walked, wishing for warm Wooly blankets, and wanting to feel less Foolish for being caught in the open. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Lonesome (a Terza Rima)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The literal translation of terza rima from Italian is ‘third rhyme’. Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, D-E-D. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on May 31, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Huh? How is it that you understand So much of what I feel inside? Do I lay myself so open That I can be read like a hand? Is there nothing that I can hide From the prying eyes of … Continue reading →

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Afterthoughts

Posted on May 30, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Afterthoughts Memory, that unlocked drawer Where words go in, Come out no more, Is of the past. An afterthought, In which no thought Is last or lost But filed away For some future date, When the secret word is said … Continue reading →

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Attraction

Posted on May 30, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Attraction Tire tracks, Like life lines on the street’s palm, Leave anxiety In the wake of cooling calm: So many crossings, Like a gigantic caution sign; So many warnings, Shallow treads out of line… God, How do I get in … Continue reading →

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Expected to be Tired

Posted on May 29, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  Expected to be Tired   Wait? Relax?? Be patient??? HOW?!!!   When my wife’s a patient about to give birth, How can I judge if the waiting is worth The worry that wearies me?

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