Thursday, April 30, 2020

LONG LOVING


She was the heady stuff
          Of elite human beings
          Thinking her own thoughts
          Living her own life
          Being a modern woman

          She was all mine
          To a limited extent
          I was all hers
          To a limited extent
          In an old-fashioned marriage

          Life was splendid
          When we were one
          Dissatisfaction did bring        
Trying times on occasion
In our long loving marriage

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

THE ALSO-RANS, a poem

   
          Oh, the joy of the winner
          to come in just barely first
          through an incredible spurt
          Of course, there would be no best
          if it weren’t for the rest

          The struggling also-rans
          are in the losing pack
          Their feat is in the trying
          but there is no denying
          they dearly wanted to win

          The cheering fans
passive watchers
give little thought
to those who tried
but failed to star