Barry Middleton Poems

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in youth it is the leaves
trembling with delight
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I'm almost over you
the years play out like cards

my hair is streaked with gray
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Petty souls,
like dogs, will bark
with greed and lust
within their heart,
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beneath the setting sun
a boy is quietly wishing

the dove is on its nest
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on a bright day in spring
two old men play chess

a musician practices
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images fly like paper birds
like bubbles lifted
in a whirl of martini mixing
but poetry is more
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much less than heaven I adore
but I do crave eternal life
escaping every pain and strife
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When the angels have flown away,
when the hope of spring has vanished,
then which of your platitudes will sustain me?
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Rain whispers on the roof,
and if I listen carefully,
I know it only speaks the truth.
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the curtain of the sky is torn
as secrets are revealed

the malice of the human heart
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