Robert Melliard

Each day's a diamond
when you lose someone you love.

You realize just how near death is.
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My son has given up his job:
he survived for almost a year
but finished up stressed-out.
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I'd like to know what an earth it means
when it says 'reviewed' in green
on my old computer screen
after the title of certain themes.
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I decided to put all my poems on Facebook and Twitter.

The result was startling.
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Occasionally, I find I can relax,
even without alcohol; forget
six years of mental pain;
feel more or less alive again.
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This time, my love, I want us to be slow
and kiss each other all around,
from side to side, head to toe.
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Once I came home late from work.

The first thing I saw was our dog.
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Songs get millions of hits on the net.
Poems get thousands at most.

Would-be bards, take music lessons soon!
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As a child I had a 'coloured' nanny
(actually I'm coloured too - I'm pink) .

Perhaps that's why I've always loved dark ladies:
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It's still the main problem:
there are just too many of us.

The more we multiply,
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Horreos and paneras are so unique
that there'd be queues of tourists
if such granaries were found in England.
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As I waited at a junction,
another driver nipped in front.
Unwisely, I had left a gap
between my van and the lights.
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'What's love? ' she asks, and I reply:
'This strong, pure admiration
that I feel for you inside.'
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In Spain they offer little 'tapas',
free, in bustling bars,
to savour with your beer or wine.
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Ask citizens all over the world
to invite people of a different race
(and/or religion)
to their homes on Sundays -
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They never bought each other diamonds,
rubies, sapphires, pearls or gold.

The only precious things they keep
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Some couples argue all the time;
not about important things,
but trivia.
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You may be born any day now, any hour even.

But here I am alone, just waiting,
with a mixture of trepidation
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Most suicides occur here in the West,
where technology and commerce reign supreme.

Depression, like cancer, is a modern growth:
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