Monthly Archives: January 2012

Little Things

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

My life is full of little things; I know not whence they come: The sweeping of a spider’s web, The picking of a plum; The singing in the morning As I scrub, dust or mend-, For little things a pleasure … Continue reading →

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Would I Too

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

Would I too have grown crosser with the years And scolding called you from a happy game? I do not think one cross word would have ‘scaped My lips, though years had flown just the same. I loved you too … Continue reading →

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Divination

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

Heaven spread her cloak of blackness Far, far across the world last night. Life, with love and hope divining, With its teardrops formed a lining-, And they glistened in the dimness, snowy white. From the hilltop in its starkness Winds … Continue reading →

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There is no Pinnacle

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

There is no pinnacle so high Where one could touch the boundaries of the sky: No truth to man made clear, however true, But doubt assails, and fears affront-, and you Seeking some channel of escape from life Find there … Continue reading →

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Penitent

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

A morn that only God could give. A morn in which to rise and live. A noon so still I felt His breath Staying the passing wings of Death. An eve so great and yet so sweet That man and … Continue reading →

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I Held You Close

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

I held you close. O breathless moment when your lips touched mine: I heard the quick, oft intake of your breath. The door unto your heart was opened But a moment-, Then closed to me, Today, tomorrow, and forever. – … Continue reading →

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Little One Whose Hands Are Stilled

Posted on January 20, 2012 by don

O little one whose hands are stilled, O little one of mine, I would not call you back to earth: The joy to hold you in my arms again, It is not worth The pain to see You drink of … Continue reading →

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Live My Life

Posted on January 19, 2012 by don

I’d like to live my life as I See fit to live it here. To let my thoughts soar to the sky Or drift ‘twixt earth and air. I’d like to love the man I choose Not give heed what … Continue reading →

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Retrospect

Posted on January 18, 2012 by don

It seems to me but yesteryear I watched him fly a kite, so high It cleared the trees, to soar into A sky of blue-, its course so true I marveled at the deep infinity. Tho’ swiftly pass the years, … Continue reading →

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He Liveth Yet in Me (written in memory of Sgt. Richard Elliott, killed in action in Italy,1945)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by don

His life was young; his years too few; And yet his eyes saw much of age As in a war-filled year or two, He wrote his name on history’s page. But still for those who loved him most He would … Continue reading →

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