Michael Shepherd Poems

As butterflies with beauty grace the air,
so love cannot be lazy in its love;
true love brings lovely energies to bear;
love's actions grace the true contemplative.
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The phone’s just rung: ‘Hi this is Rosie
you’ve been selected for a five-day
luxury cruise to the Bahamas’…
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Yes – we read the world wrong,
and say that it deceives us,
said Tagore…
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Look, everyone from birth to death, yeah? is
tryin' to express somethin', right? , that
goes beyond
what they've expressed before, OK? so
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'Since your breakdown, Michael,
you've changed out of all recognition...'
Was I supposed to feel flattered,
since this was evidently meant as a compliment -
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What is known, is known – known gently,
meekly, mildly, sweetly; that’s the experience
that men bring back who’ve seen that creature plain.
But since the unicorn grazes in all our minds and hearts,
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That efficient movement of the arm –
let it be without impatience,
watched, aware, even graceful –
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I once had a friend called Djirdjirian;
His Christian name was Haig - though Armenian;
(The British had a fine Post-
al Office on the coast) :
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When stillness
walked into the room
there was no need
to greet you
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