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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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Author: John W. Leys

Our Wedding Song

Tongue tied and stuttering Looking for the words to say To tell how much I love you Gotta […]

December 9, 2016 Poetry

All the World’s a Stage

The curtain begins to fall, Darkness is all you see, “But I haven’t completed five acts,” You protest, […]

December 8, 2016 Poetry

Eyes Wide Open (a tanka)

The world can be harsh The world can be beautiful Your eyes see it all Don’t shelter yourself […]

December 6, 2016 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Winter Solstice Wild Hunt

Langbarðr Óðinn jólfaðr, Long-bearded Odin Yule-father, Leading the winter solstice Wild Hunt, One-eyed Wodan’s Wild Gift Giving Ride, […]

December 3, 2016 Poetry

Dead Friends

I wrote this one over 20 years ago, inspired by a Pete Townshend quote. “Look at my life, […]

December 1, 2016 Poetry

Destiny (a tanka)

Taurus; Gemini Pictographs in the heavens Our fate in the stars Sailing across the Milk Sea Toward Alpha […]

November 29, 2016 Poetry, Tanka

Sharing a Meal

I’m not ready for you to leave yet. Though I know the time draws nearer When you will […]

November 29, 2016 Poetry

Walk into the Night

Walking around the college campus For health and fresh air, Away from the welfare lines Contemplating the soul […]

November 28, 2016 Poetry

Exiles and Enlightenments (a sonnet)

A deserted beach, shipwreck on the shore, Desolate remains of a life once shared, Before it was clear […]

November 28, 2016 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Sonnet

Unwritten Poems (a tanka)

Unwritten poems Unexpressed feelings and thoughts Lost, gone forever Mourned my unborn baby boys, They can never be […]

November 27, 2016 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

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