Terence George Craddock Poems

sadly time etches in comparisions aged unfair
a golden-haired beauty will become time ugly
if she lives to be wrinkled withered ninety-three
walks beside a new bloom beauty twenty-three;
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the way things appear
the way things really are
the smooth illusion
of surface appearances
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the cold of wind chill high mountain storms
flowers next day sunbathing on lower ranges
the cold wind bites at night high in mountains
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poets write poems
plan plot themes
rewrite lines
multiple drafts
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blessings we sow upon others always enrich our own souls
love harmony waves vibrant sow light into our earth worlds
kindness beautiful imagination deeds enrich earth bound souls
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The dream of peace cannot,
must never be written out of our souls,
the freedom to learn to love to live life;
to enjoy textured multi layered diversity,
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peel back the layers like peeling the flesh off a grape
peeling back the veil, after shaking off the dust of ages
peeling back the layers flesh of past forgotten lives
feel the flesh the pulp the veins pulsating with invincible blood
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the desert
the desert
has no roads
only destinations
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a simple frail reed seems
to lack strength character
blown by every breeze storm
wind violent breathless laid flat
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within safe sanctuary mind memory
look back see shining bright old friend faces
I knew them I knew them so many time lost
faces filled with laughter conversation youth wit
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