Joe Howell Poems

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1.
Childhood Dreams

Sunlight peeps thru closed curtains
like a sleepy child, nodding in - out
yet you sleep. the wave of pre-dawn
passion, renaming lost childhood dreams
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2.
Evening In Paris

The sun, a glass marble shines on innocense.
I lie in short grass, looking into the future.

The moon- a shiny biscut covers the clouds.
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3.
The Death Bird

friends found in an old photo albam
so young, full of life, i remember
when the death bird sang, calling sorrow
calling your name
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4.
7 Past Sunrise

the clock stops, it's 7 past sunrise
rain clouds gather in widow's veil
I am studdering your name, missing
you to a North Carolina town
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5.
Dancing With Angels

I awoke to the smell
of summer flowers.

My thoughts were clear
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6.
Day's End

Days End
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It's a silent time, when i pack it all in,
call it a night, walking to my bed
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7.
Idaho

Found that ole tune
on the radio today
though of you, it's been
so long-so long
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8.
Cafe Of Broken Dreams

She worked in confortable shoes
with thick soles, polished in hearts
of lovers that beg not to be forgoten
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9.
Dr's Waiting Room

Silver grey hair
wrinkles like hiways on a map
a floral pattern on her dress
must have been made in 1932
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10.
22 Rifle

It was the summer that i turned 17
I wanted a 22 cal. rifle for my birthday
that was all i thought of, boy i shot a million
invisible rounds at everything from cans
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