Mary Havran Poems

Love has such a great way of growing
Often by leaps and bounds lovers say
Loving hearts have a way of knowing
When to decide on a Wedding Day
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We mark by a mere moment
The changing of the year
Our feeble inadequate measure
Of time as something linear
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July 1989
Alone I watched the Full Moon rise tonight.
The same Moon rose over you just hours ago.
Did you also watch it rise? Did clouds obscure the view?
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One hundred ripples I mark today
One hundred steps along my way

One hundred steps lead to the pond
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Daddy surely did love you
In his own fashion that is
And surely he told you sometime?
Though in a manner quite strictly his
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OH NO
Not again
Please no waterfall
(He with his hands to his head)
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Before any sweet voice ever sounded
Or soft caresses ever sought to reach
When the Sun was only a cruel flame
Wandering the sky’s deserted beach
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Time is not a river
Nor a ticking clock
Nor an hourglass
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Tulips shyly smiling, greet the spring
Tightly closed when at
First we meet
Tulips slowly opening, begin to sing
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Which face grits its teeth to grin
how often lacks for real joy
and clenches its jaw while a spin
story maneuvers to deploy
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