jerry hughes Poems

'I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree'

A single leaf makes its own history.
Attached to the bough from which it
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My beloved father, the last time we met
in company with your confidant and friend Abu,
we spoke of many things.
Most importantly the history I'd lost in the
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Rain

I can hear you
making small holes
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The sun rises early.
'Bloody daylight saving.'
Birds fly. Grasses grow.
The Victa's primed and
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Amidst the rubble and confusion
a child's hand clutching a toy.
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He saw her, and knew he had to meet her,
this elfin girl with bobbed hair
and an oval face.
Eyes as big as saucers, and lips,
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I wish I'd have done the things
I should have, when I should have.
Looking back, we're told we shouldn't -
I could have done better - been kinder -
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The sense of loss
can't be explained.
It's as though half
of you says 'let's do
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'the Somme 1916'

I'm scribbling in incessent rain
and mud has turned to slush.
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2008 a new year.
But is it new?
That feeble minded imbecile
George W. Bush is still here.
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