Barry Middleton Poems

I heard black orchids don't exist,
I only nod and smile,
for I have seen this rarest bloom,
this daughter of the Nile.
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sun heat on my face
is a blessing of summer
a lover's warm kiss
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I found my dreaming soul
I left it in a childhood place
as cold as memory
and dark and lost bereft of grace
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you gave to me a gift
I wish to soon repay
you saved me from despair
to help me find my way
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the addict sleeps
his life away,
narcotic fog
keeps pain at bay.
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'So, we'll go no more a roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.'
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the April rain will fall today
it is a sacred trust
the mockingbird will sing its song
it sings because it must
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I am far from home,
far from belief in magic,
from belief in tomorrow.
Foolhardy wishes are vanished.
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when I think of all the stories
I have heard the travelers tell
I know all there is of heaven
I know all I need of hell
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they say write what you know
but growing older I no longer know

and things I knew I have forgotten
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