Professor Dr. Stanley Collymore Poems

A million heartbeats beating
As one are but a gentle tap
Compared to the loud
Thump of my heart
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Childhood, adolescence and the thrilling
years of early adulthood were all quite
excellent to me; then most baffling
and somewhat bizarrely really, I
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Never you mind what I choose to do with my private life,
as it’s not yours but mine alone to do with whatsoever
I want; and instead of you employing the seemingly
boundless energy you exhibit and which you
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The Bible says that Eve, at the instigation of a wily
snake, seduced Adam who she then persuaded to eat
her apple and for his impertinence or altruistic
gesture, depending on how you view the matter,
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By Stanley Collymore

We’ve never met but even so I feel that I know you
ever so well, because empathetically we’re on
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I’ve given you the present of life
My darling child; now do me
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I do not demand or even expect you to
change your mind, for your opinions
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The true reasons for our actions
are often unclear even in the
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Emotions can’t operate separately
from the actions of those that
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Let me hold you once more and feel
the warm vibrations of a past
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