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Tag: Free Verse

2/2/2023 – grey upon grey

On February 2, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

The grey winter
Tightens its unseen grip
Silently
Wordlessly
Enveloping all around
Until such a time
As the emergence of the sun
Would go unrecognized

1/30/2023 – lightyears

On January 30, 2023January 27, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short Poems1 Comment

Bring that brightest starlight
That it might light the way
Toward a better future

That when the stars at last can see us
They are pleased

1/27/2023 – for what do I fret

On January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 By adamcallahan117In UncategorizedLeave a comment

For what do I fret
When such riches lay at my feet?
The warmth of a fire,
The smells of a hot meal,
The noises of the beasts
And the words of a lover?

For what do I fret
When all I need, I have?

1/24/2023 – none else in the world

On January 24, 2023January 19, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

I have but one desire
Alas that it is not mine to keep

For I make not the winds
Nor the streams
That will carry you

I make not the destinies
That the Fates
Have written for us

Yet still I shall hold to you
For there is none else in the world
For me

1/19/2023 – that wise man

On January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

Like a great standing stone
Is the wise man
Is the great man
Within me

Like the timbers
Of a ship’s hull
He braves seas
He braves storms

Yet so like the wind
Is that wise man
Is that great man
Within me

Who is ever-present
Yet ungraspable
One moment there
Then gone

1/16/2023 – not gently

On January 16, 2023January 11, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

Rise not gently
At the dawn

1/14/2023 – speak/wisdom

On January 14, 2023January 11, 2023 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

To look is not to see
To hear is not to listen
To sense is not to know
Nor is to speak, to speak wisdom

1/11/2023 – only ever a part (the sea turtle)

On January 11, 2023December 30, 2022 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

With quiet grace
And thoughtful slowness
It rides currents
Seen without sight
As in its world
It exists with
Beside
Near
Over
Under
Never less or greater
Only ever a part

1/7/2023 – your nearness

On January 7, 2023December 30, 2022 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

A gladness unbidden
Invades my heart
With your nearness

1/4/2023 – it is with joy

On January 4, 2023December 30, 2022 By adamcallahan117In Free Verse, Short PoemsLeave a comment

It is with joy
That I face that shadow
With joy
That I walk a darkened road
With joy
That I brave the cold of winter
With joy
That I confront the unknown

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