Tom Courtney Poems

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11.
Dream Theme

Dream Theme. I word-searched my poems and short stories for the word 'dream'. What do you think?

Mesmerizing game it seems
wishing hoping chasing DREAMS
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12.
Johnny Boy

He believed in the wind
The wind rain and snow
He believed in love
That it’s something we know
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13.
Infatuation

You know that special someone
who draws you in beyond your interests
in health and sanity?
with the inexorable force of sex?
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14.
Jenny 1

And Jenny this night is darkest
as I’m standing in the rain
You taught me every pleasure
brings with it its own pain
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15.
I Think I Am

Who am I? Seems mild enough
What’s the material? What’s the stuff?
Questions asked since ages old
Libraries of thought once writ unfold
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16.
Old Mr. Grumble

And this is the story of old Mr. Grumble
He lives just a stone's throw, a toss and a tumble,
Down ‘round the corner at the end of the block
He sits in his house and stares at the clock
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17.
Stand On The Rock

Boy stands easily on the smooth flat rock
Pond shines around like his first set of teeth
and the mountains of sky
and the razors of conifers surround
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18.
Goodnight Mr. Oliver

The sun settles into the hills
behind the hospital compound
And the long shadows fade
into the dimness of the evening
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19.
How Did You Know?

'At sea once more we had to pass the Sirens, whose sweet singing lures sailors to their doom. I had stopped up the ears of my crew with wax, and I alone listened while lashed to the mast, powerless to steer toward shipwreck. Odyssey, Book XII

And how can I thank you?
You showed me I’m wrong
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20.
Poet (The) You See

I wouldn’t be doing my job
if I didn’t tell you what
I’m thinking
now would I?
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