Michael Shepherd Poems

and there was this one
which I was particularly proud of
where I thought I’d caught
just the right pace, then
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Your box of brand-new football boots
this European season, where the diktat from Brussels sprouts hurhur,
will bear the helpful message
'Average contents: two'...
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The test is constancy –
the proof, the constant heart.

See that pair who walk across the park -
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No-one knew what subsequently became of her
after he went so dramatically, and after all those goings-on.
He got all the headlines.
The police didn't even bother
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i think it's really wonderful
that with all the million poems on this net
people find their way to read what each of us has read
or written.
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You…leave…the…
Pennsylvania classroom at a
quarter to four..
leaving all your Bio. notes
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For most of those who are graced to see it, the vision’s enough –
they bring humility, are still, drink in
this creature, which for a space of time
is in this world, and yet not of this world,
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It’s autumn here: the leaves fall brown,
the nights are cold and frosty,
the days are shorter and shorter,
there’s snow on the way…
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Spent one hour plus on the phone
trying to book a routine visit
from the power company;
innumerable options,
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