Edmund V. Strolis Poems

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1.
Edgar Allan Poe

They all wash over me with pitying eyes, they think that I don't see.
Yet they are only crude jagged faces on the canvas of my dreams.
Empty their wishes float, as they seem to pray my safe return.
How can they know the fever that within this prison burns.
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2.
Safe Travels

Bull elephant is what they call you
Big name, big beast
They do not do you justice
What do you call yourself?
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3.
Patchwork

Sometimes I feel at home in darkness
Painted black to quote the Stones
Snarling cynic dismissive and strong
Scoffing at the foolish dreamers
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4.
The Prize

Flip the pillow to the cool side, kick the blanket from the bed.

Why sleep to chase a dream, he chose to hold his prize instead.
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5.
Painted Smile

White orchids, delicately laced by an invisible brush
A red and pink hue traced upon petals unblemished
Waxen white glowing in heavenly splendorous form
Frozen in beauty, timeless in their vivid perfection
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6.
Toast Sweet Solitude

Two days of rain could not dampen the spirit
Alone in a cabin as the pelting continued
With plenty of firewood from sunnier days
Split and set aside for this rainy day
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7.
Forever May

I slip away from the joyful crowd
Sun dresses, moonlight and wedding vows
Give me strength to play this part
A practiced smile to mask my heart.
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8.
A Friend Indeed....

A friend to be there within the bottomless hour
Someone to be there to witness the madness
Of the pendulum severing reality
Someone to be there when the train wheels lock
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9.
My Italian Mother's Dream

Your little patio, alone with time and fate
How fragile you seemed on that bench
Staring at the traffic, everyone in a hurry
No time to bring a smile or a story
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10.
Theodore Roosevelt's Voyage

The sea was in a foul mood, slamming hard and spraying mightily.
The walls of white battered and tossed the cargo of fools.
No enemy have I so vile, as to wish him aboard that vessel.
Nor have I, I hope, one that should wish me this watery purgatory.
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