Laurie Dahl Poems

You broke my unguarded spirit
You made me red-faced and angry
Like swallowing a bitter pill
A mud-puddle day in Spring
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The Soul

Before I go,
Come to see
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A speck in the sand
Twinkling by noon
Worn by land
Dull too soon
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To the one person
Whom when speaking
Blocks out the dread filled world
In which living
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I may look like Lily, I have my Grandmother’s
Face.
Angel kisses, she called the freckles,
Glancing a look at me
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Getting away,
Was better
Just different
And homeward
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Safe in their blankets
Untouched by morning,
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Like no tomorrow
Yesterday has passed
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I have touched the tip of my past
Not a mere exercise in nostalgic wonder
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Grandpa was a young man
When he fought in the
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