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Ignore the critics
By Carmon Brittain
When nighttime speaks to the insomniac in prose
Daylight oft brings the memory to a close
Oh, where is a pen, a pencil, a recorder, the paper??
There is a need for a person to listen, a mind to remember!
Iambic pentameter, poetry verse, whatever the rule
Being “right” only brings out the fool!
The only rule that matters is RHYME!
And WORDS SPILLING OUT ENDLESSLY IN TIME!
There is a beauty in seeing our thoughts in verse
But remembering a dream can be so cursed
And, when the ego sees the printed word
The rest of the world thinks it ABSURD!
To sit beside to sit across
By Michael B. Adams
What right have you to stand for me
To say that for your freedom be
For freedom comes from life itself
And has but stand for only self
This freedom brings my thoughts to see
That we’re connected you and me
It is the thing that brings you more
The lessons that your standing for
Along the path of life you’ll lead
Plentiful of words to read
Of many thoughts that you have said
Will bring you to my waiting bed
To sit beside or sit across
The choices of relations lost
For is it touch of you for me
Or look into your eyes to see
That separation will be learned
Of strength of each will be returned
For honest love will never cease
As independence does increase.
