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Category Archives: poem
Ninety Two
(First Draft) There is one I know (though there are some, when they are ninety-two, are good as done), but she is good for another ninety-two, refusing the acknowledgement of age; denying understandable excuses; rejecting even a hint so to … Continue reading
Posted in age, experience, poem, poetry, wisdom
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In The Garden
If I don’t answer I may be in the garden But then I might not © 2011 John Anstie
Posted in Haiku, poem, poetry, recreation, wisdom
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Limerick Two
A dashing romantic young student was advised that it would be quite prudent to avoid the infection by wearing protection that looks rather odd when you’re nudent. © 2011 John Anstie
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Big Comfy Cushion
(for Sophie) Every morning you get up to greet me at the door and, like an automaton, pad off to where your breakfast bowl has been; habit borne of sixteen years of life. In this house you’ve ruled our every … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Love, melancholy, poem, poetry, sadness
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All These Years
Of all the years we have been together there isn’t a single one in doubt but there is one certain thing the year we’re in right now is best of all, my life bears out there is a truth of … Continue reading
Posted in Love, poem, poetry
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Stop It…
Stop it, stop it, don’t! Don’t, don’t, don’t, stop it, stop it! Don’t, stop it, don’t stop! (View the author’s commentary on this poem)
You Called
You called; it was from somewhere far away. You called to say hello in your sweet way. Not so much with news but how you’re feeling; our talk was so much more than just appealing. You called to say your … Continue reading
Posted in children, conversation, poem, poetry, technology
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Recovery
It feels like autumn when an adversary takes the wind from your sales. When the summer’s sun fades to distant memory, slow recovery moves winter to spring, and rehabilitates, but not by thought alone. © 2011 John Anstie (View the … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, poem, poetry, sport
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Unreality
How far can poets go, then, down into ‘icle physics? To discover parts of subatomic mass, so small it is beyond minute and, in just a second, what happens is really unbelievable, beyond imagination. Protons collide with protons and create … Continue reading
Fridge Haiku
Refrigerator sadly stands without harvest but still there is life
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