Uriah Hamilton Poems

I no longer recognize
The flowers of summer youth
That bloomed in the dawn of my innocence
When love was like sunlight
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Darkness and tragedy,
Happiness and light,
Wealth and plenty,
Emptiness and poverty;
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I do what I can,
I smile amid the lonely city blues
While people I love disappear
In life’s transitory foggy mist.
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Recline on your balcony
Situated in the stars,
Pour yourself a glass of wine
And gaze out into the galaxy
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When the heart is dead
The poet should be as well
If he allows verse
To wiggle out of
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It is raining again
In Detroit tonight, Susan.
I happen to think
It is pretty,
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The cat in the wintry yard
Shivered in the freshly fallen snow,
I picked her up and she purred.
Life should be gently reaching out
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I’ll kiss you
In another reality
Where the stars croon
Like a 1920’s singer.
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Love denied
Is a death sentence
Or a gangland drive-by,
And everyday
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I ran into Tammy Alderman today.
She asked me, “Do you know
Jerry West died last month of a heart attack? ”
I told her, “No, I didn’t know.”
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