Author: Gordon
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RAIN
Late last night a violent storm came to visit it called me from safety, whispering my name the lake behind the house turned and spit against the tormenting wind froth covered the tips of waves fighting back while the thunder’s anger seemed to have no end I ventured into the growing violence where I watched,…
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Just Now
I haven’t visited this site for a very long time. Moving, illness, and more has prevented me from posting. Also, multiple problems with trying to finish a book and more. So, this is a first in a long time. Thanks for reading.
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Standoff Excerpt: By the Side of the Road
By the Side of the Road Little boy standin’ by the side of the road, Lookin’ down beside hisself in the gutter at a dirty old toad, What was sittin’ there all covered in dust with its eyes slowly flickin’ Looking for lunch, the boy, he did so suppose, A guest to share the moment the frog…
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STANDOFF EXCERPT 9.12.19
Walking with a Dead Butterfly Come fly away now gentle butterfly Open your wings and capture a breath of wind Set sail and say goodbye to the world below Let not your heart in pain deny Your right to sail the summer sky For you are special, my valiant friend You’ve come so far in…
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STANDOFF from the book 8.31.19
It’s Four O’clock in the Morning A light rain falls on the grass and pond outside my window to the world It falls on the street and shines in a nearby streetlight glow And silence is the answer to the falling soft wet mist Swirling more like tiny snowflakes than rain in a gentle calming…
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STANDOFF excerpt 8.28.19
Crushed Cigarettes Left on the Floor I met her years back in a local tavern A bar, a pub, a gin spot, liquor room And she followed me home without speaking Without asking, without knowing who she was or From where she had come from or going to Her arm draped in mine holding A…
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Standoff post 8.27.19
Two more from the book Standoff. The book can be found on Amazon or can be ordered through me at http://www.authorgordonkuhn.com . Bought through me and I sign the book for you. Nightfall, the Lovers’ Dance I recall the night when the rain came And settled in bringing a coolness to the room Where two…
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Standoff Post 8.26.19
My birthday was 8.23 and I got off track. Here are two more poems from Standoff which is available at Amazon or on my page http://www.authorgordonkuhn.com. Bare Flesh laid back, Bare! Raw, no cover to protect From salt thrown upon there where the whip struck Beneath the layer thin and thick Atop with matted hair…
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Standoff 8.20.2019 Post
The Old Undead of Poets And thus spake true, the old undead of poets long forgot As the grass they stood upon withered and the trees nearby did rot For surely they had never ever thought Nor in this life had ever sought The substance of less passion For clearly was not their fashion And…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 