Theodora (Theo) Onken Poems

Yesterdays news still chills me to the bone!
A true story of murder here in 1984...
A convenience store clerk was bludgeoned to death
The monster was not caught for 15 years more;
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In Seattle one could count on it!
Barometric pressure falling daily...
With the probalbility of rain-
Oft' times morphing into a steady drizzle
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I have known but a few
But always recognize who they are
Outstanding in demeanor
Charasmatic society stars;
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Relentless Winter lays itself white
Far below the mountains spires
Muted tones of off white and grey
Linger near a warming fire;
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It could get hotter with discovery...
With the finding of all of your wires
And your sockets extra goodies
Your timers and electronic ears;
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Summer 'tis always bursting forth within me-
As invincible as a tidal wave of stone...
Slicing the middle out of winter
A hidden sun-lit heat-yet unknown;
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Be not my love poetry
Found in an archway of trees
Be not the silences & it's reckoning
In the barren desserts of ne'er to be;
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It's an all too common allegory
Pressed from the hands of time
Lent out silent praised theme
Careless whispers never hard to find
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A Look Back To Now...


Basking in the New
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I commiserate with empathetic attitude
With platitudes of yesterday
Accented with caomparison and forgiveness
That i have sprinkled along the way
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