Leria Hawkins Poems

Will there ever be a place in your heart
Or is this thing, just fire and sparks
A burn that's held me, decades long
How can it flame, and still be wrong
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Susan, Susan…I Must Confess
Date: April 27,2016

Susan, Susan...I must confess
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Don Juannabe
Date: February 10,2011

Blowing restless across the globe
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Ode To My Fruitless Dreams
Date: January 6,2016

My pencil rattles, my passions scream
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Date: November 9,2021
By: Leria Hawkins

The book, wide open
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Up one night with bloodshot eyes
Who wants a shake, who wants some fries
I surfed the waves, stopped to swim
The light was on, but now it’s dim
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Date: August 4,2021
By: Leria Hawkins

Deny me the perfume that you wear
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And this is how it is with true love
I invite you into my open spaces
Give free reign to explore and fill my deep dark crevices
Touch me; mold my passion to fit your dreams
I ask nothing in return
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Wishes
Date: February

I wish you could stay
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Ode To My Gumption (Or Lack Thereof)
Date: January 20,2012

I’ve written more prose, rhyme and drivel than I care to think
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