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A collection of poetry spanning 30 years of growth. Many of the poems posted here at Author's Den have found their way into its pages. Life, love, and relationships...celebrated, mourned, remembered. Now available in a new edition from Lulu.com
Contents: A-Musing After Midnight Aftermath Anatomy of a Marriage Been Awhile Caged Classic Clichés of Youth Collections Dreamers Drowning Faire Winds Falling Snow Farewell Fighting Shadows Forever Monday I Wait If My Sand Castle Drowns, Can I Live With You? In the Palace of the Ice King Isn’t It Romantic? It’s Only Rain Joseph Crow-Killer Little Things Lost Lullaby for a New Millennium Midnight Encounter The Mirror in My Head No Words The One Who Loved More… …Painless…? Passion at Fourteen The Pen is Mightier The Poetry of Life Radio Daze Rain The Rider Shadows Sleep My Child The Soul of a Harper Stages The Standing Stones The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Here Anymore Time Time is Fleeting… Up in Smoke Walls of Glass Where Have All the Fairies Gone? Whisper in the Wind Words The Writing Life
Excerpt
If My Sand Castle Drowns,
Can I Live With You…?
spoken with the lisp of a child…
one of those universal truths
we sometimes miss...
lost in emptiness,
building ephemeral dreams
without concrete foundations
drifting unfettered,
but unsecured—
and yes, there is a difference…
a life alone is a life
a life entwined is a miracle
to me
I speak for myself
and not for you
for no one has the right
to dictate your reality
but if my castle wanders
too close to the sea
unnoticed
and dissolves into
bits of shapeless sand…
will you extend to
me a lifeline?
will you hold out
your hand?
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