Dan Reynolds Poems

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1.
New Year Sonnet

Each year I fear a little less than last
as time erodes the terrors I have known.
No longer doomed to deem the die is cast,
though 'change for change's sake' is overblown.
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2.
Did You Really Find God In A Fortune Cookie?

I cannot claim the cloak of innocence
for deeds I do no more, and yet... did once.
My catholic culture, quelled, still seems immense
contributing to this, , , deistic dunce.
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3.
Thank God I'M An Atheist

Thank God I'm an Atheist ©

One fine night, in the middle of the day,
two atheists knelt down to pray.
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4.
A Sonnet On The Passing Of A Friend's Cat

How can a cat connect, yet stay adrift?
How can it share a look that says so much?
The 'Cat''s acceptance of 'Us' is a gift
endorsed by letting carers dare to touch,
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5.
A Dragonfly Dilemma.

The dragonfly decided not to land,
nor decorate his ornate garden pond.
It sought some other gardener's hallowed hand
across the lawn, the beck wall and beyond.
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I wondered, if the hero had been overweight or baldy
would women weep, perhaps lose sleep, o'er Tristan and Isolde?
And then I pushed derision from my vision of the plot
and asked my heart to seek the part, wherein the story got
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7.
Michael....How Are You?

If Michael was a mentor and a friend
you'd think I should have known when he had died.
A year or so has skipped by since his end.
A year in which I've been pre-occupied
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8.
What Does 'Love' Look Like?

To answer, 'What does 'Love' look like? ', we need
to ponder on where love itself exists.
Where does this cherished treasure choose to breed?
Within romantic hearts or fighter's fists?
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9.
The Mole The Merrier? (Part 1)

The Mole the Merrier? (Part 1)

There’s a mole at the bottom of the garden,
I’m told they’re awful cute.
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10.
Ode To The Modern Web-Poets

Considering how poetry is seen
by those who read or write within its laws,
I see now that the average is mean,
and hear the constant sharpening of claws.
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