John Ackerman

Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around.
Full swell the woods; their every music wakes,
Mix'd in wild concert, with the warbling brooks
Increased, the distant bleatings of the hills,
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Cynthia

When at night I close my eyes,
to think all the days gone by,
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Solitude

whispers
a rain drop
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If a raindrop
could represent
the love in
a man's life
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How long will it take for you to see
Life is just an illusion, it's gonna pass eventually
The flesh is just a lie
Eventually you're gonna die
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For decades I held back this piece until today

I Think Therefore I Write Poetry
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alone
in the silence of my thoughts
pitter patter of soft sandal feet
a candle lit in the corner of my room
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Woman


eyes, hair & smile
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The Hollow Leaves

Spread out upon the ground
Out of mere sadness there's a tug at the heart
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you can't make your heart beat something it won't

it's either heaven or hell now I got a good story to tell
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The Union

I was lying on my back look up at the ceiling
Trying to come up with a wheel or dealing
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shattered glass out on the kitchen floor
picking up the pieces of my past
move away from the silence to a lingering laugh
each of us where's a mask in a disguise in life
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trapped within the very impulse of our loved beneath the perplexing ambush


we close the door of brevity with a slight adjustment of the hand when will we understand
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Dragged Through The Mud

well to bring cadence amidst the fallen dew
hope springs a new through the vibration of sorts
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a soul betwixt the moral outlet plunges to the depths of the sea in sin
after careful examination cadence erupts to taunt the young man's soul
like an ox going in for a kill his stems for passion to endulge in love
soft music with the lighting of a candle too hard to handle now
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she dances in a ring of fire yet throws back each challenge with a shrug
what hurts you the most is it death life hurts just as much
Jim took us to places where no man has gone before
breaking on through to the other side of twilight
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there is a smile below
there is a smile above
betwixt the heart of praise
a lonely heart found love
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in the sunlit morning I awoke to enter the village
a vast amount of seagulls flocked overhead
yet my soul permeates through the duration of the walk
an officer was assigned to watch the Lone Blue Lagoon a gay club
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you get pulled over and have no seat belt on don't give a flying fart
you wake up late for school and you don't want to go
you ask your mom please but she still says no
miss two classes and no homework
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Sex & Black Velvet Cake

Love under lock and key...
an exquisite sunset, 'O' paints pretty colors, before
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