Denis Barter Poems

(A Minute Poem.)

The moon was full, but dark the night!
The lack of light,
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Then and Now.

On the last morn of BC, history will show,
a birth took place - one most Christians know.
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An Acrostic based on the poem "My Garden" written by:
Thomas Edward Brown.1830-1897

A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot!
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Fanatical Clerics feed religious fervour,
by rousing fanatics to kill - as an observer
can see almost daily on the TV today.
No thought given to victims, who they
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Would that a brief glance, allow them to renew
their world! How one wishes it could be!
To see with the eyes of an innocent child,
and revive those fast withering memories
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The air is calm, I feel no breeze,
to stir the trees, now bared of leaves.
There is no sun, the clouds are grey,
I know not joy; you've gone away.
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Come along everyone and let us celebrate
An anniversary of importance. The date?
Next July First! A day that will soon be here,
And one all will remember. It's very clear
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. am a Senior, stubborn and firm.

I am a Senior of an advanced years.
I desire to see peace - so far out of sight:
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There comes a time of no more morrows,
of no more smiles, and no more sorrows.
A time when time itself will be no more!
When the earthly rich, join with the poor!
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Though we live in times of deep regret,
still there is much to enjoy and celebrate.
What better than the satisfaction we get,
from helping a hapless, miscreant reprobate,
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