Michael Shepherd Poems

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91.
! On His Deafness

'Speak up - no need to shout -I'm not THAT deaf! '
- do I have real reason to complain,
if years of partial listening have brought
now partial hearing in their fateful train?
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92.
! ! Zimbabwe - An Echo

The day before yesterday
they dealt with the terminally ill to free the hospitals.
Yesterday,
they dealt with those who did not contribute to the economy.
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93.
! An Ancient Japanese Saying

94.
0148 Dear Jenny Joseph...

Dear Jenny Joseph,

How are you getting along these days?
Now that you've hit our 'top poems' list?
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95.
! Smile Enlargement! Free ****ing Offer!

Are you ashamed of your tiny smile?
Does it make you embarrassed?
Does it limit your social life?
Wouldn’t you like to draw all the chicks,
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96.
A Philosopher's Love Poem

putting on one side
the inconvenient paradox
that I always seem to be
boring old me and yet
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97.
! ' Sorry, But What You Write Isn'T Poetry...'

A deep breath; a sigh.. as if
you didn’t accuse yourself of this
every time you write a poem and
hoping to pretend it’s ‘ stretching
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98.
Temporarily Pissed-Off Poem

Why the hell should I respond to
'I'm new to this site, please read
all my poems and
comment (you'll enjoy them) '- when
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99.
! ! Two Birds On The Same Tree

Two birds rest on the same tree;
their eyes are bright;

they look alike; yet one
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100.
! Pooh Bear Learns About Enjambment

Pooh liked Autumn. Autumn means walking with a scarf round your neck and sometimes seeing your breath in the air like a silent conversation, and wet leaves underfoot and twigs going crackle or sometimes crack! which can be scary if you aren't holding CR's hand.

So here they are, walking together paw-in-hand down the path in Hundred-Acre Wood, and Pooh is humming a happy hum with words looking for it, rather like inquisitive flies that don't quite land on you, wondering if they should stay or not, and how the other flies feel if two of them land together...
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