Lonnie Hicks Poems

The most profound thing Einstein said
is that time is taffy, malleable.

And so is space.
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If words can speak to the human heart
then these
are aimed at yours.
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If I make a word
it is first sculpted from letters
on the page
a canvass across which
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Much is made of the human eye-
often said to be the soul's window pane-
but I
wonder what is seen when
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Of all the angels none surpassed the beauty given to her
and he who led the Worship of the Hosts,
Lord had favored the both of them.
with exceeding beauty, ample grace such that surely Lord
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'You say it's true? he said lining up his words slowly
as soldiers in rank, his mouth intoning
each word which came rolling out with incipient bitterness,
and amazed regret;
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For her heart was pounding such
I thought it would leap from her chest
and fall flat onto the cold floor
to slide there to quivering extinction.
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Mind spoke:

I have been the Driver of all history
for animal and man,
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We humans evolved 100,000 years ago
from just 4 amino acids
forming our DNA
but note the Shark has been here 100 million years.
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I saw you across the room
and my heart stopped.

You noticed
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