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POETICA
© Robert L. Kusiolek

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Thinking About Something Or Someone
After A Long Ride Home

The wind, the rain, the world;
It's a day like any other,
Full of memories.
                       What to say
As the windows rattle,
As the branches sway
And another lonesome train whistle
Echoes in the distance?
                                 Some way,
We'll begin, find words,
Speak of things gone long ago,
And ask the old questions.

.....

Autumnal

What you may hear,
after the rain ends, is
the sound of a screendoor
slid open by a child not unlike
someone you knew, long ago,
back when a carpet of leaves,
the path through the trees,
led to another world.

.....

Going

Seen, just as it
is, this fine rain
brings thoughts of past
things. All that was,
is gone. Is it
as simple as
that, as this:

the train I ride,
the tracks ahead
disappearing
beyond the hill?

.....

Untitled

        moon's up
                (over it
                    all) -
        such a night:

  silver light
     spilling
          through the willows,
the river a mirror/

                      stars
                      &
                      silence

.....

Re-Imagining / The Smile Era

There is a beach nearby
Where, sometimes at dawn,
While the wind shifts the sand
Into shapes of innocence,
The sound of the surf
Becomes the sound of a melody,
Sweet as only a melody can be,
Something won in a world of loss.

.....

January Poem: No Doubt, Wish You Were Here

Today's bright blue sky would have filled you
 with wonder. This deep chill would have
 made you smile, glad for the chance
 to brace yourself against it.

Surely you would have pointed to the leafless trees
 and said: soon enough they will bloom again.

And later, returning indoors after sunset,
 you would have cherished the warmth
 of the blanket, the taste of the cider,
 the way the shadows dance in the firelight.


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