Poetry themes
Sympathy
Poems on the theme of sympathy. 10 poems.
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Farewell
March 2018
You called today, ‘Please walk the dogs.’ / Of course we came, how could we not. / The threshold barred by dying bird, / Its legs still tremble…
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Walk the Dogs for Me, Please!
May 2017
A friend calls – she is in crisis. She is desperate for the truth; I cannot lie to a friend. I cannot leave the house today / Because…
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Time Line
January 2014
Written well before I kissed my Little Sister goodbye, this captures something about grief that is universal. Some lines cut short, s o m e s t r…
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Tempus Fugit
December 2013
For the eternal rememberance of things. She suckles gently, nestles down to sleep. / You listen for the reassuring breath. / It comes, and cues you for a…
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Oral Bard
November 2013
Every dog we have rescued seems to go through the same anxious process for the first few days. This was Toby’s reaction to his new home, some eleven…
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Questions, Questions
November 2013
To whom does a child turn when they lose a parent? Grandpapa is a good start. Blessings on you Eve and William. Papa, tell me you are old…
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Words Are All We Have Right Now
September 2013
This is dedicated to all those who have lost loved ones. The pain is real, the loss persists and life is never the same without them. When eyes…
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Ode to a Style’s Lost Style
August 2013
Inspiration is to be found in strange places and within strange contexts. This poem is dedicated, not so much to a stile alone and stranded between two fields…
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Behind the Stone, Beyond the Name
June 2013
Collecting pictures for a poetry workshop, a photograph of a young woman leaning over the headstone of her husband, killed in action during the Gulf War, captured her…
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Not Everyone Embraces Progress
June 2013
Those redundant items that litter your household may come back to haunt you. / This is a lesson in caring for all those spectacles that have allowed you…