Ben Gieske Poems

I wish I lived in Scotland
Och, aye, in a wee stone house,
Maybe in a valley or on a bit of land
Somewhere in the Borders of the south.
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(Jackson County, Ky)

We liked to go there
dropp down beside its cascading waters
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All made up
sheets fresh
Quilted spread
fluffy pillows
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from a terra cotta site
aging years erupt with rage
to claim control
while ripening hearts fizzle
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(inspired by Meggie Gultiano and Karin Anderson)

Just look at the Eden
around you
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how
many
thoughts have passed
wisps of a breeze
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Work

What should be just play
Was turned into toil for pay.
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Seeds expelled to wander the desert air
Finding refuge in burial soil of a promised land.

An opened petal soon dies;
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....water from the tap - can’t put it back
.................toothpaste - tried to put it back
..................gossiping - behind my back
..............angry words - can’t take them
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the first streams
of nights melody
harvest moon
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