Michael Shepherd Poems

Before dementia, with its cruel mercy

freed her from those golden bonds
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Beside me as I sit here typing is a golden pool, of relaxation,
alertness, patience and trust, uniquely brought together
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' I wuz innocent' he cries,
his hands upraised in righteousness,
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‘So, what do you yourself wish for
this 2009? ..’ the microphone
is thrust; the videotape awaits…
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Around 1608; a pleasant day in Cambridge;
eight men sit round a table. Originally there were nine:
Dr Lively who presided at their speedy start
is now departed their distinguished company;
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When the whole church kneels to pray
- though some of us just pretend to kneel:
leaning forward uncomfortably,
our ungainly bums only observed
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In the days (and who
dare count them?) before
The First Day of Creation (Official)
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You came back to the USA, but you never made it home...
and yet, you're still around
for us to meet and greet and thank
or try to avoid, or to forget,
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