Jackie Allen Poems

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1.
I Am What I Am

When I was but a wee child,
two or three or more,
I dreamed that I could fly like a butterfly.
Over the mountains,
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2.
Scent Of Grief

I caught but a glimpse of her pale moonlike face.
She was wearing a yellow sweater with white lace.
Standing on tiptoes, peering over the edge, I
wondered, how cold was it, six feet below?
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3.
The Healing Touch

Medical centers are anxious places, moments
when panicking hearts await tests, procedures
and where, oft in silence, some closet themselves
as if to hide their fears, lest verbalized thoughts
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4.
A Moment For All Time

Scenes of design, origin~
cherry, gingko, or maple trees
.....a Japanese screen transplanted in kind.
Some five koi splashed blue;
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5.
My Story

Pausing
To reflect
Life scenes
Passing by
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6.
The Painting

Frozen in time, the tides, the ocean’s roar.
Yet, intent upon her work, she is painting
a scene from that day, framed by memory.
In it, she’s in shock, unable to help.
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7.
Late Night Musings

Insight glitters with illumination.
Life inspires
Perception, imagination.
Curious students and a mesmerizing fraternity,
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8.
Time Of Reckoning

Yesterday, he fell into a vat of self 
pity, and with intent, stirred up the past...
drank of its bitter wine...
a pathetic, defeated man.
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9.
The Cathedral In The Woods

Like a sudden chill that runs down
The ridge of my back, the morning
Has come again to offer anew, the taste
That satisfies my poetic thirst.
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10.
Holding On

From a desecrated heart described, stained
the door locked shut, alas, family tree~
family name known, alas.... nothing else.
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