By Thomas Page There is a test of Wills when those who were caught in The rain don't cover up I saw Saturn in Black and white in a powerful Telescope in a park The ducks swimming in The reflecting pool Cool off from the Summer heat
Tommy poem
by Thomas Page Searching for paradise, places Like Elysium And Malibu Don't hold a candle To what is imagined In your daydreaming
Tommy Haiku #29-31
By Thomas Page Pluto never made It around the Sun As a recognized planet The shades of amber, Copper, maroon, gold, ochre And bronze in Autumn The first cool wind on The first Autumnal moon; The first proper walk
Tommy Haiku #21-23
First, lighting, then count The seconds in between then Wait for the thunder Look up to the sky Orion is your guide to Many stars in heaven Kudzu overgrown On telephone wire like Vines in the jungle
Tommy Haiku #24-26
By Thomas Page The chill of Shrove Tuesday is Warmed by the griddle And the church-goers Blue jays and cardinals Hold a council in my backyard Chirping of such things The woodpecker at Dawn on an old unknown tree Nature's alarm clock
Tommy Haiku #19-20
I was born on a Rainy night. The rain seems To soothe me to sleep Rich Florida thunder Rocks the house so much, almost Frying the circuits
Tommy Haiku 13-15
Photographs preserve Memories like flowers Made of plastic bulbs Narcissus wonders, As he drowns, "Wherever is That lovely tulip?" On the open sea All is vast and glee For the people who are free
Tommy Haiku #11-12
Thanksgiving, a time For Keats-like mourning by fowls Who haven't much time The Easter Choir sings "Hallelujah, the Lord is Risen" to strangers
Tommy Haiku #8
by Thomas Page Flowers beg for rain To be satiated by Showers from hoses
Tommy Page Sonnet #1
Sonnet by Thomas Page Poets of the past wrote sonnets to prove They had merit and skill and prowess too But I ain't one who happens to have groove Or a semblance that I know what to do I'm not pretending that I am Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, Wyatt, or Barrett-Browning, I'm just a novice who … Continue reading Tommy Page Sonnet #1
