Diamond Head
Distant gray against the sunrise
You could almost think it untouched
by human hands
Until you see the lumps and spikes
of Waikiki pinning down its skirts.
The Past Through Illusion
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poetry
Holy Poems: Seconding the motion
Hearing the voice
and going along with it
saddles you with the sin
of the one who said it.
While a burden shared
is a burden lightened,
a sin shared
drags both to hell.
© 2017 David W. Jones
Never-ending
Emptiness
To quote my own comment on the original post:
As the flute gives shape to the breath,
so do we give shape to the breath
of God that flows through us.
The 10 greatest love poems throughout history?
FIVE CREATIVE USES FOR MY BOOK, FROM EVERY MOMENT A SECOND
Lightly and delightfully humorous way to market your chapbook:
Sometimes I think God’s been a bit disappointed with us for a long time
In the beginning when God
created the world he said, “Odd.
I could have sworn,
when it was born,
that everyone would applaud.”
© 2017 David W. Jones
A Poem In Time
10:43
A wonderful place to be.
10:44
is coming through the door.
10:45
makes me feel alive.
10:46
Time to call it quits.
© 2017 David W. Jones
Clerihew for Gail M. Baugniet
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all profits go to Ms Baugniet.
So Gail truly has it made
every day in sun and shade.
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