Sidi Mahtrow Poems

Knots -II

Sometimes the imagination gets ahead of reality in
Untying the Knots in a Piece of String
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On the Myakka prairie
Morning comes
Quietly
With dawn's first light..
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Of spavined bones
Remembering master's errant windmill quest
Seeks refuge alone.
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A Christmas Carol

Listen my children and you shall hear
The noise above, on this nite so clear
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An artist before his canvas sat
Considering the beginning, and yet
How to embrace the art,
Of melding, canvas, brush and pot.
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Close your eyes
The vision soon arises
Of the one you left behind
Whose smile reminds
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The wind battered barn stands alone
Nothing has changed in the years since
It once stood proud
Defending that which was within.
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The Nose Knows

In the elevator in the midst of winter
One doesn’t expect the smell to linger
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Twin Booms

It’s the last time we will hear the twin booms
Of the space shuttles returning sounds
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Don’t say “We”, unless you have a toad in your pocket
For you’ll soon find something amiss under the blanket
That you so carefully share with the toads that put us where
The financial system is challenged everwhere.
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