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Poetry By the Slice - Richard Morgan
MY BOOK
Just published, Book III
SEA GLASS SOUL - Invisible Colors, Poems and Paintings
My poetry and Pat Morgan's art - available at Amazon.com,
The Sea Glass Poetry Trilogy is now complete.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
SIN
In
Gra
Tit
Ude
Is
The
Fir
St
Sin
Saturday, November 20, 2010
PAINTERS RESTAURANT OASIS Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
Here, surrounded
By warm noise
Chattering patrons
Gossiping regulars
Jazz from the City
I feel comfortable
As though home.
Even on a cloudy day
They keep the lights low
And my mind
Slows to dim.
Coffee in a sailor’s mug
Arrives at my table
As I sit down alone
With room for six.
Without offering a menu
The owner takes my order.
He calls me warmly by name
And I thank him
The same way.
I return day after day
To read, write, eat
And nourish my soul.
They know me here;
I feel love.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
THE FOURTH BLOW
The sixth lesson
Watercolor by Pat Morgan
That taught me to survive
Wasn’t any deeper
Than the previous five.
The fifth knock
That opened the door
Wasn’t any louder
Than the previous four.
The fourth blow
That split the tree
Wasn’t any harder
Than the previous three.
The third stone
That twinkled like new
Wasn’t more precious
Than the previous two.
The second effort
That got the job done
Wasn’t any greater
Than the previous one.
This last stanza
That needed to be said
Wasn’t profounder than
Those already read.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
ENVY RUINS EVERYTHING
Ocean envies land
Striking it wave after wave
Washing it away
Resorting to tsunami
To soak it miles in.
Land envies mountain
Shaking it to its core
Quaking it till it falls
Loving each avalanche
It can cause.
Mountain envies sky
Blocking the light
Channeling the wind
Creating rain on one side
Desert on the other.
Sky envies ocean
Blowing hard over it
Whipping up whitecaps
Making unwilling waves
Crash against the rocks.
Ocean, Land,
Mountain, Sky
Were perfect
Before there was envy;
Envy ruined everything.
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