David Whalen Poems

Daylight savings time

Daylight savings time has been with us
For many and many years now
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showers give birth to rainbows
Ripples radiate from streams
Dells lie down with meadows
And nightfall gives leave to dreams
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A caress can be the simple touch
A friendly squeeze of one’s shoulder

Can also mean so very much
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You lose a little bit of something’
Somewhere along the way

Perhaps a little more, than just a little bit,
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The Lonely Writer

Some writings tell me
This person is lonely
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Why Didn’t we Think Of That!

Guess I got to admit it, I’m past my prime
Not nearly as quick-witted as I used to be
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My wife, my treasure
My enduring font of pleasure

Has many virtues that I admire
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Time Is….

Ethereal and immaterial,
as a wisp of vapour
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The heady scent of cinnamon
Upon the opening of the door
The tugging out of memories
From the mind’s musty store
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I just might have a big problem
in doin’ what’s exactly right
Even tho’ I pretty much try
with all of my doggone might
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