Random Selections of Poetry

No, these aren't randomly created poems (that is another page). This is a random grab from a selection of poems, mostly by myself, but with some inclusions from other folks: friends who write; friends who used to write; writers who are obscure-but-meaningful-to-me; famous writers. One advantage of this format is that, when there are variations of a poem that I haven't settled upon, I can include them all and let people give me feedback as to what they think.



                                             thurs 12 jul 90    13h27

Agony
    ...five years gone.
Agony
    ...about a quarter of my life,
                   spent waiting.
Agony
    -to live on, day-in, day-out
        Knowing
               at least two more years
     until the pain will even have
             a Chance
                      to cease.

I wake alone,
      every morning.
      Every evening,
I check the mailbox
  and phone machine
      for a sign of hope.

                                    Motivation?
   They expect me to be
                        'excited' about any
               thing, when my life
        is bleak emptiness?

The only thing
           spurring me on
is the Pain.                     ...it doesn't
                             inspire me to
                  Their work, just to
           the writing...
      always the writing...
  and have become naught but
Words.


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