Michael Shepherd Poems

The fun thing about being dead
is the haunting. Revenge. It's Payback Time Whoo Hoo.
I'm updating my Visiting Book,
adding some, crossing off a few
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It has been brought to my notice
that a review by you of
my latest book of writings
(the term ‘poem’ suggests
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There’s this couple
they’re standing there, not close enough
to be about to kiss and separate,
one for the train, the other
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I want everyone to know

yeah?
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It's a curious time of year -
one day warm and sunny, mild,
the next cold and rainy;
one night frosty, the next night mild;
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Patience
turns mulberry leaves into silk
through the silkworm
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When heavy hangs the soul - if soul there be
in such a state of abject loneliness -
and all Creation's steeped in misery
and all bad influences join life's mess,
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I'd just like to put it down
in black and white,
Langston,
while it's there
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Yes – we read the world wrong,
and say that it deceives us,
said Tagore…
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Quartering this ripe pear
- a knife-and-fork job; it gave little away
except a slight softness around the stalk,
yet seems to contain more juice than
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