I see her rising from sweat-soaked sheets
her face gaunt and drawn.
Each night a rearguard fight to hold the line,
to struggle, push back, reach another dawn,
endure the stinging loss, major defeats
and fast decline.
Then she is... – by Robert Graham | 47 Views added 9 months ago
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Before the heart repairs, before the yes,
a limbo life where living with the pain
will challenge every fibre that remains
to aid her healing, to conquer her distress.
The sign hung on his door said ‘Knock Then Leave,’
her private man required... – by Robert Graham | 56 Views added 10 months ago
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A silent virgin lake, windfall trees
where basking snakes uncoil in thin surprise,
a mystery of bugs convene to spread
their moving blanket, buzz and terrorize.
A bark canoe glides snaking through the shallows,
cuts a trough. Lost in wild... – by Robert Graham | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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High under the rafters of this stable
a long-abandoned nest now occupied,
one bright blue egg appeared as spring rain fell.
Need and a certain pushiness on view
here, robins asserting their squatters’ rights.
Who dare displace them? In this... – by Robert Graham | 13 Views added 11 months ago
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My old man loved tools, loved tinkering. Wrenches, drills,
screwdrivers, pliers. Black oily hands, greasy rags.
On his back under a chassis or ailing motorbike,
bits & pieces littering the garage, making things fit,
firing them up, fine tuning... – by Robert Graham | 64 Views added 11 months ago
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the lighthouse metal
spiral clanging
up to sensual silence & a long sea view
(dropped the teasing underthings)
hanging
flags of mute surrender as we drew
the heat bits nearer, rode a rising tide,
splayed a risen... – by Robert Graham | 18 Views added 12 months ago
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Grass attends each congregate leaf
sodden heap and hill
scratch-raking earth’s full belly justifies belief
each year’s cold dark rituals kill
Leaves drop sighing at trees farewell
to hot season’s fun,
echappe, tight pirouettes, pas de deux... – by Robert Graham | 105 Views added 12 months ago
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