Edwina Reizer Poems

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311.
Remorse

'Ask me not to leave.', she said
and ask me not to make the bed.
Leave the coverlet and the sheet
where maybe again we shall meet.
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312.
The Scourge On Humanity

Death, death is all around,
all the bodies beneath the ground
I look and I see what I should not see
before the ground swallows them finally.
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313.
The Path Of No Return

The path he took was for naught
for what he wanted can't be bought.
It led him to a lonely place,
left him with a scowl on his face.
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314.
A Fisherman's Widow

I have lost my husband to the fish out in the sea.
They have surely hooked him just as he hooked me.
More than fifty years ago when we two had wed.
“I’m going fishing.” Are not words he ever said.
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315.
Poetess To Her Love

I bring you words of all my love
with rhythmic pulse from heaven above.
I tinker with thoughts in perfect rhyme
and place them on pages that yellow with time.
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316.
Survival

He went into the bar to have a drink.
It might help him not to think.
One drink led to two, then four.
How many more would he have to pour?
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317.
Writing Your Name

I have written your name on so many days,
in so many places, in so many ways.
And whichever way I’ve written it,
with letters loose or tightly knit,
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318.
The Lonely Hermit

Withdrawn and sullen
he lay in his bed.
He resented the fact
that he was not dead.
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319.
To Put Aside Things

To put aside things that mean so much
is mental and physical agony.
For the remembrance of these loving acts
is a personal symphony.
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320.
The Ebb And Flow Of Life

The ebb and flow of the deep blue sea
is the same as it is for you and me.
Sometimes we're at peace with tranquility.
When life seems to move and lets us be
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