Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog

How can I forget you? Ah love, each time I try You vex me just beyond my reach A phantom butterfly How casually you sli...

Above the crypt of Time’s lament The March wind moans in discontent Its discourse fingering the limb Of nature’s stricken...

I thought you were sweeping away the fringe Of the weary and wind-tattered grass I thought at last I could sense a tinge Of warmth as ...

I have lost every trace of trembling delight I see no grace in your fresh coat of white Take your venom and your ghastly chill Fly far beyon...

The wind tugs at the frozen landscape Tonight he is moody and blue Roving the hills with a restlessness I know, for I feel it too He leaves ...

Years earlier it was I Sitting on a blankets of dreams Beneath a patterned sky Whilst on the horizon gleams The better day, the better day E...

Beneath your drooping leaden eyes The earth in gray surrender lies Poised in cold expectancy Knowing soon what is to be The trickle of a fro...

Today is my ‘sweetest sorrow’ day When memories like priceless tokens Are tucked away, As I stand on the brink Of tomorrow today And new beg...

I need a little vacation A little time to play And I don’t need an explanation I’m going to play hooky today The garden is a haven I love th...

You say, “I must go “ I say, “Won’t you stay?” But your blue eyes say “no I am going away” You say, “Time is wasting” I say “There’s tomorro...

There is no extra-ordinary happiness Beyond your existing perimeter of view The extra-ordinary happiness lies within …within your circle and...

I crave the new moon in the spring The sullen midnight sky The moaning breezes as they sing A solemn lullaby I crave the misty summer breath...

I’m thankful for the dance we’ve had And all the joys you’ve shown me But I must go, please don’t be sad For you can never own me I’ll...