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  October 2021     2 years ago

Submitted Poems 10 total

Bedtime

You always fought a courageous battle against sleep
like the night watchman of some medieval village,
nodding then snapping your eyes open
hoping not to see the torches or hear the footfalls
of an advancing army in the mist.
There always was one...

– by Dave Tyler

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On Seeing a Solitary Red Leaf on August 2.

There you were my friend, on this fire-roasted and steam-cooked Monday
already standing alone
Like that new girl in high school with the pink hair and the nosering
Alone at your locker
While the popular clique tittered at you down the hall.
Oh...

– by Dave Tyler

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The Startle

The wind runs headlong into the windows
of our architecturally unimportant office building
And when it does, it screams, like the whistles
of a thousand frothing red-faced football coaches.
It’s a bitter noise tinged with regret
Sounding out the...

– by Dave Tyler

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An open letter to the owner of a late model Subaru Outback

It is said the Aztecs were master astronomers,
orienting their great buildings
so the sunlight would fall through the narrow windows,
indicating special days and the arrival of...

– by Dave Tyler

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Distressed and Rustic

Gapping holes in the concrete show
The rusting rebar and the golf balls
of rock just waiting their turn
to be kicked down the stairs
Given the right lighting
and a few tricks of computer editing
marketing types might call it “distressed”
or “rustic”...

– by Dave Tyler

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