Possessed by the spirits of long dead poets
Demanding and commanding him to write
And always keeping him awake throughout
The long dark interminable nights
...
I want to write poems without words
Because words are only puffs of wind
Just vibrating waves carried thru air
Only small noises joined together
...
You are my life's apostrophe
The part that has always been missing in me
You're right where the hyphen used to be-
You are my life's apostrophe
...
Won his first poetry award at age 7. Has been a long time Educator, Environmental Scientist and Poet.)
Possessed By Poetry
Possessed by the spirits of long dead poets
Demanding and commanding him to write
And always keeping him awake throughout
The long dark interminable nights
They are squeezing out every crimson drop
Of the poetry left within his veins
And sending it trickling down his pen
To fall onto the page like rain
His only only chance for revenge
For all those long tortured years
Is to melt away all their words
With his own salty tears
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