Barry Middleton Poems

mountains are hard to climb
challenges hard to meet

but from the mountain top
...

I passed this way
I could not stay
but I'll be back
again some day
...

the poet held no malice
he was what he was
and he lifted his chalice
...

down a green valley where spring waters flow
across the broad swamp where few ever go

I wandered till sundown in search of the truth
...

my father sat beside me
as we headed down the river
he was not strong
but he was still a man
...

It must be sabotage
that came

in stealthy camouflage
...

The fire has fallen on itself,
the earth beneath my back is cold.
I could get up to build some heat,
a firm foundation still remains
...

I leave behind the rubble of my home,
the broken dust was once four sturdy walls.

Ahead may lie my freedom or my death,
...

The dragon's breath is fire.
The noble chevalier
may quench the dragon's ire,
to free the world from fear.
...

It was not necessary
for the two of us to shout
above the roar of the boat's motor,
white foam behind us,
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