ivor or ivor.e hogg Poems

Sometimes at night across the sky.
I see the silver dragons fly.
Although not everyone can see
the dragons dancing gracefully.
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Men contemplate infinity.
Which should inspire humility
in arrogant humanity.
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How do you measure happiness?
Is it a question of degree?
A measurement of more or less
discontent to ecstasy.
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Optimist 08

Although it’s not a certainty.
There is a possibility
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Tenebrous shadows congregate
and murmur surreptitiously.
About the vagaries of fate
and who or what they used to be.
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The evening sky in shades of grey.
Light grey, dark, grey, all tinged with gold
Denotes the ending of the day.
I watch entranced as I behold
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She was convinced that he believed
that she was very, very rich
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Wingless Flight

I sometime sit and wonder why
There are some birds which cannot fly.
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You can prove statistically.
The truth of things which cannot be
proven empirically.
Manipulating carefully
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The night was dark and damp and cold.
The match girl’s matches still unsold.
The passers by ignored her pleas
what she was selling failed to please.
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