B. V. Dahlen Poems

A head on my shoulder,
A soft-throated purr,
My Boo Boo, a lover,
All covered in fur,
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Perhaps I'll leave this place.
I've far horizons to explore.
The world is wider than my feeble vision,
And echoes can not see.
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There in your arms I lay,
While the stream beside us
Sang it's spring song.
There I found peace,
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I've oft' been known to be a fool,
To give away my heart,
Joyfully,
Unaware,
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Of laughter, I know little
Except the smiles in your eyes.
My own joy was there
When you were happy.
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The soil sips deeply
and puddles do not linger.
It laps with parched lips
at the moisture
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She was christened Dartmouth’s Daughter
On the day she hit the water,
And her crew were men from local families.
So with loving hugs and hales
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“Fore”, he cries as his ball flies
From tee to fairway core
No cross winds to avert it’s track
He couldn't ask for more
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Curling crisply underfoot
The fallen leaves
Carpet my garden.
Stitching a quilt
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How modern! How new!
These halogen streetlights
Turn night into day
And our front steps aglow
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