Wild Horse
by
James J. Roberts
Ah! To ride a
wild horse
across a wild reach of beach
with neither need of
course
or destination for to reach!
Ah, to race into
the wind
then with it, back again
...to home...
and to where
I've been!
Winter Night
by
James J. Roberts
The clock
of night
winds down
...last logs
hot upon the fire,
counting
memories
of winters past
in sparks
that fly
too fast
up the flue,
free
to ride
the tide
of
this
snow-quiet
winter night.
Vegan
Mandela
by
James J. Roberts
Eat-not turnips Sund'y
lest you meet on Mond'y
the "winds"
rising into Tuesd'y
that leave you homeless Wednesd'y
with recovery coming Thursd'y
and remnants
clearing Frid'y
for a pleasant-aired Saturd'y
and turnips again
on Sund'y.
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Autumn Woods
by
James J. Roberts
Winds whistling
through the trees
whisper voices
in dappled leaves
that whisper yours
somehow...to me.
And in their whispers
eyes I see
that whisper more
in single looks
than all the words
in all the books
I've yet to read
or can conceive.
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James River Stone
by
James J. Roberts
A pebble in a stream
I
found
bound in mysteries
all around
of how it got
there
and from whence it came
and where it went
before came
I
discovering
it
pinned beneath
a serpent's head
deep within
a river bed
where it had long
ago
both healed
and bled
heaven
bred
but raised
here below
instead
half alive
and, yet, half dead
naked in its shell
of cold and
river wet 'til
I
held it in my open palm
and studied it:
this naked river stone
that now so treasured is
and which I do not own,
but am owned by it.
Old Poet's Lament
by
James J. Roberts
Who set the clock
of telomeres
in each and
every
cell of ours,
in every bone
and joint we
see?
Whose trick is this
that wrinkles skin
and
tangles brain
as we age,
yet youthful
leaves the soul?
(Mr. Roberts, a
member of the League of American Poets, is published in
numerous print and electronic publications and is a
frequent radio and television guest. His poetry
also appears in the soon to be released,
"Treasury of American Poetry - III", ISBN:
0-9743429-8-X.)
The author may be reached by
agents or readers at:
Write to James J, Roberts
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