John Hawkes Poems

I never meant to hurt you, I swear to god that's true,
How could I hurt someone so sweet, so wonderful as you?

Now all my days are lonely, and all my nights are blue,
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I KNEW HER BUT AN HOUR, by John Hawkes

I knew her but an hour,
I kissed her cherry lips,
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EVERY TIME IT RAINS by John Hawkes

Every time it rains, I always think of you,
Tears again flow down my cheek, just like they always do.
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At last the circumstance, have pulled our world apart,
We always knew it would do, we knew it from the start,

You have your children and husband, I have my wife and mine,
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HER HAIR by John Hawkes

Her hair is like a flame, that burns in broad daylight,
At night under the silver moon, I swear it gives off light.
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MISSING YOU by John Hawkes

How I long to hear your voice, the tone so clear and sweet,
The magic of its warm hello. Its rhythm and its beat.
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IM SO GLAD I MET YOU by John Hawkes

I'm so glad that I met you, you changed my heart and mind,
You showed me things I could not see, before you I was blind,
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HER FEET by John Hawkes

Her feet are her private part, nobody touches those,
In shoes she keeps them hidden, never to be exposed,
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IF ONLY SHE WAS MINE by John Hawkes

If only she was mine, what joy my heart would sing,
If only she was mine, a bell my heart would ring,
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I LOVE HER SO DEAR by John Hawkes

How do you write a poem, about one you love so dear?
When words are all I have to give, how will anyone hear?
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