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Two Poems Overbearing and A Few Hours More
By: Dennis Siluk
Dec. 12, 2004
Overbearing
[Dedicated to Islam]
Many come by me walking
I shan?t remember but a few,
For those who came overbearingly
I have forgotten you?
?
?
It is like the bobbing of a tree
Bowing in a storm
I remember not the wind at all
Once the storm has gone.
#407 [12/10/04]
A Few Hours More
[Dedicated to the Chinese Poets]
New eyes An old man
Cow bells ringing on cows in Garmisch
The Valley of the Mesa Verde
The fish-fry in Beijing
On my plate of life
Appear many things?
A war that never goes away
Music and poetry that helps me
Live each day?
My bookcase is filled
My lamp is warm
I see night approaching
As I read on?
The birds are now gone;
So much I notice now?
Things, things I never did before.
Along the road of life I?ve learned
There are many, so many doors.
Tomorrow, I know:
I?ll still hear those cowbells ringing
In the Garmisch winds;
How marvelous to have been part
Of all of this, I?ve lived?;
To have been?
One of so many?that might
Have been, and was.
I am what I am, just a
Breathe on earthy shores?
Content as a fish, I might say
With a few hours more.
#406 [12/11/04]
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