Poems Poem by Shane Dickie

Poems are like drops of rain falling from the heavens above,
Poems are shards of wisdom; pieces of granite cleaved
By the hammering of the soul through life's hard lessons
Learned and life's hard lesson's won.

Poems are snapshots of moments in time and space,
Carefully crafted and written down for others to enjoy.

Poems are footnotes in dusty school books that are dropped
In schoolyard brawls and often forgotten in long gloomy halls,
They are picked up by schoolboys for pretty schoolgirls in bright
Ribbons and pigtails and slammed on the table by irate schoolmasters.

Poems are voices of times past shouting out through the ages,
Poems and the poets that write them never really enjoy the
Austerity they truly deserve