Shirley Harrison Poems

As much as the thought of death terrifies me

I can't help but imagine
...

He's walking down the isle
the biggest smile he ever wore
but it is not he
who will say...
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Today, I had the great pleasure
to sit next to
a senior gentleman
on the bus
...

I just wasn't prepared

I mean I'd read about it
...

A great Poet once told me

'those who have never experienced madness
at least once in their lives, have never lived'
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It is I, who loves thee more than the sun
With fiery eyes and golden locks undone
No man presumes such tender gasp of breath
Such beauty could send my lungs to their death
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As I sail upon my very own vessel
on this, the vicious tempestuous
boundless ocean
...

Last night I dreamt, I was taking a dip
in the magnificent Trevi Fountain in Rome
it's marble
wrapped around me like a soft towel
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And as she called it love

and put him on his very own pedestal
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When I was child I was a dreamer

and on deep reflection
that be true even today
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