Panmelys Poems

Sappho's wise words
dominate all ttime.
Strong sounds
echo fresh notes:
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'I heard the footfall of the flower, spring.' *
Olwen, Isis, Ishtar, Marilyn -
Rolled into one splendid line of Sappho:
Demeter, Persephone, Ceres, Io -
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Two fav'rite poets, born in month of October
One on twenty first, other twenty seventh,
Both Celts: Welsh and Irish, whose fathers' were
Professors, so words 'nd books bread 'nd butter
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Vishnu, protector of world and mankind
Also Dharma: meaning moral order -
Worshipped widely as major deity:
Known and recognized thru his Avatars
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Once, below a time, quoting Dylan,
Growing up in Wales, meant Good Friday -
Was so special: more sacred even than Sunday -
Today, like many other things, it's long began
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Throw out all rules: defy all style:
Though know their techiniques as being worthwhile -
Learning to walk as a child's first effort
Wearing a smile of delight: letting go of support -
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Time has stood still in this village
where voices no longer giggle.

Dogs bark, birds chirp, streams still trickle-
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Banishment and punishment follow brave
Who dare critisize, minimize old ways
Where established ideas rant with says-
Not around historic facts of ancient graves
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Nothing makes a poet for they are born
we are but small seeds blown
upon a great unknown
that never knew, or grew,
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sonnet
When you were the thread
Of time's beat
And me sea our bed
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