Tom Courtney Poems

told the lady behind the counter
at the deli that I’m crazy and she just laughed and said no! But it’s true I really am crazy
And she said you don't look crazy
And I said no I don't suppose I do
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A tale with two tails & a love tale true

Listen my children, and you shall hear
A tale of laughter and a crocodile tear
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Dream Theme. I word-searched my poems and short stories for the word 'dream'. What do you think?

Mesmerizing game it seems
wishing hoping chasing DREAMS
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You know that special someone
who draws you in beyond your interests
in health and sanity?
with the inexorable force of sex?
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Who am I? Seems mild enough
What’s the material? What’s the stuff?
Questions asked since ages old
Libraries of thought once writ unfold
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And Jenny this night is darkest
as I’m standing in the rain
You taught me every pleasure
brings with it its own pain
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Boy stands easily on the smooth flat rock
Pond shines around like his first set of teeth
and the mountains of sky
and the razors of conifers surround
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The sun settles into the hills
behind the hospital compound
And the long shadows fade
into the dimness of the evening
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'At sea once more we had to pass the Sirens, whose sweet singing lures sailors to their doom. I had stopped up the ears of my crew with wax, and I alone listened while lashed to the mast, powerless to steer toward shipwreck. Odyssey, Book XII

And how can I thank you?
You showed me I’m wrong
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I wouldn’t be doing my job
if I didn’t tell you what
I’m thinking
now would I?
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