Ergo

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Ergo
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I enjoy Lyric poetry.

  July 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

Outlines of Life

In midnight dance of unrestraint
Neath woven summer vine
In summer sweat and body heat
Two lovers there recline

In sultry night of gentle breeze
On starlit dappled stage
They hold a court of regal fame
And homage life there...

– by Gary Knouse

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The Minions of Logic

Three minions of logic
True digits of fiber
Tried to make sense
Of our ability to cipher
For they knew our illogic
In action and deed
Proved beyond doubt
Common sense we did need
So they sat to discuss
This mystery before them
The conversation went...

– by Gary Knouse

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I will know

Silver strands, a parting curtain
Reveal long lines of life
Dimming light from darkening eyes
Welcome sleep, welcome night

The long winter sets the table
In peace we greet the dark
No fear exists in an ending
Embraced within the...

– by Gary Knouse

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Conscious Rejection

An endless maze
of mindless reflection
Rises up through the haze
despite conscious rejection
The turmoil inside
never placated
Gives rise to despair
not unrelated
to our own sense of worth
to our own self hatred
An ugly mans problem
lies not in his...

– by Gary Knouse

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Of Stone

I have no heart
but this one of stone
it’s all that sets me apart.
I hold it tight as I’m alone.
It’s hard and cold and I like...

– by Gary Knouse

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