David Taylor Poems

He was dissatisfied, well even depressed;
he had achieved much but,
somehow it never turned out how he expected
and he never seemed to get what he had wanted.
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Daniel phoned me today
with his usual two year old exuberance
which comes naturally when you are two
and comes naturally when you're fifty two
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The wife and baby are away
so it seems a good time to clear out the house
and why delay let's start.
I am feeling ruthless tonight!
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Beauty how may I discern you more clearly?
In nature you abound
in delicate wings and petals
transporting me on the air
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Leaning on a lamp post
Watching all the world go by
Commuters are rampaging
Going for the 6.25
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Wisdom, is it wise to want
Wisdom, cannot be bought
Wisdom, is it ever caught
Wisdom, does it grow on trees
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Death why are you oft’ portrayed
As some grim reaper leading to a grave
In fertile fields reaping is a time
That is a culmination of growing all that’s fine
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i have a dream
or a dream dreams me
i have hope
a hope that is for me
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Spring cleaning time is here
at least it is in the northern hemisphere;
if half the globe is cleaned
in March April May it seems,
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I will write with the quill of an ostrich
with ink from a tiger tooth well
to the sound of elephants' ivory
as I dance in my calf hide shoes.
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