(New London, Connecticut)

Poems of Robert Leary

1. A Love So Deep....The Alligator and The Butterfly 12/2/2009
2. A Partner 12/1/2009
3. Alone 1/21/2011
4. Another Year 1/1/2010
5. Autumn Comes 9/22/2010
6. Bird's Leg Beneath The Dawn 9/18/2012
7. Confrontation With My Face 7/1/2012
8. Death Wait 1/11/2010
9. How Like A Bird 11/21/2010
10. Isaura 3/29/2011
11. Last Night 2/13/2011
12. Let Me Be The One 5/21/2011
13. Love Lessons 1/4/2011
14. Ode to Artaud 9/25/2010
15. Often 6/8/2012
16. Pooch 1/18/2011
17. QUESTION 7/31/2010
18. Reflections in Carpinteria 8/23/2010
19. Return Blind 2/8/2010
20. Return To You 9/6/2010

A Partner

A partner’s got to have your back
No handshake cloaked handout
He’s got to be there
Thick or thin
Holding up the space you’re in
Through rapids
And perhaps a fall
To rocks below
Where able to climb out
You pick up and start again
A partner’s got to have your back

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