Tag: poetry
member name: Basil Sands
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March 29, 2006 08:34 PM EST --
The Dreams we live on
©2006, Basil Sands
Dreams
Good or bad
Are what we have to live on
They come to us in the night
Maybe even during an afternoon nap
They tell us things we will not listen . . .
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April 19, 2006 02:52 PM EDT --
Allowed to Dream
©2006, Basil Sands
When I dream
Your face is there before me
Shining, radiant, smiling
Eyes that glow with the sparkle of stars
When I dream
You touch me with . . .
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April 21, 2006 06:40 PM EDT --
I saw you
(c)2005, Basil Sands
I saw you
Just the other day
Although you couldn't have a known it
It was in a dream, I think
At least I had thought I was dreaming
Or maybe just waking
In that early . . .
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February 01, 2007 04:18 AM EST --
Love
© 2007 Basil Sands
Love
It grows from a mysterious place
Somewhere in our hearts
Somewhere beneath our skin
It comes up when we least expect it
And stays forever
We do not invite it in
At least . . .
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April 06, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
To the one who is my love
©2006, Basil Sands
Though up the mountains height I climb
No pool of water could I find
That reflects the sparkling sunshine
As the eyes of my love
. . .
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April 07, 2006 07:27 PM EDT --
The Package
©2005 Basil Sands
They moved swiftly across the field
Take the package across to the enemy's zone
That was their order
Fanning out in a line
Space between each man to protect against . . .
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April 12, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Wonder
©2006, Basil Sands
Amazed
Mesmerized by this mystery
My heart beats the sound of her name
My voice breathes a soft whisper
A whisper of beauty unveiled
I see her face and wonder
At how so . . .
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May 12, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Questions from a five year old
©2006, Basil Sands
Does eating too many pickles turn you green?
If I hold my face like this will it stick?
Is it OK to kick some one who is mean? . . .
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May 19, 2006 05:46 PM EDT --
If I Fly
©2006, Basil Sands
If I fly
Will you fly with me
If my feet lift off the ground
And I rise to the clouds
Will you take my hand
And scale the lofty heights at my side
We will climb
Through . . .
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May 26, 2006 06:14 PM EDT --
Benjamin's Birds
©2006, Basil Sands
for Benjamin, my eight year old son,
who loves to listen to the birds
I sit in my house
Doing my school work
I listen for them every spring and . . .
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June 09, 2006 03:35 PM EDT --
The Jewel of Long Lasting Love
©2006, Basil Sands
The other children were nearly grown
When along came the wondrous surprise
A beautiful baby girl
Kooing softly in her fathers arms
She . . .
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March 02, 2007 02:58 AM EST --
Chapter 11
After dinner, Mike and the others each went their own way. They would meet again at one the next afternoon. Until then, Mike needed to get some sleep.
Once . . .
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August 10, 2006 04:11 PM EDT --
In the candles flickering light
©2006 Basil Sands
The candle flickers softly between us
Lighting your cheeks with a soft glow
That highlights the curve of your face
Your almond shaped eyes sparkle . . .
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June 19, 2006 07:16 PM EDT --
Daddy, Tell Us a Story
©2006, Basil Sands
Daddy, Daddy
Tell us a story
Tell us a story
To awaken our dreams
Tell us a story
Of kings on their thrones
In castles of old
Of their queens seated next . . .
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March 22, 2006 02:40 PM EST --
Adventures in Cubicle Land
©2005, Basil Sands
Tick, tick, tick
The droll day drags on
Piles of paper to be moved from this side to that
Signatures to be appended to documents to be stapled to packets . . .
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March 22, 2006 04:01 PM EST --
Killer trees
©2005, Basil Sands
I was assaulted by a tree today as I took my afternoon walk
It was fairly subtle at first
I went along minding my own business
And out of the autumn blue, WHAM!
A . . .
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March 22, 2006 07:30 PM EST --
Prince of the Sky
©2005, Basil Sands
The day drags on,
moving in rhythmic motion
ticking like the hands of an office clock
waiting for the end to come.
I look out my window towards the sky
And suddenly, . . .
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June 08, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
The Unwanted
© 2006, Basil Sands
To the step child
With no inheritance
To the late child
Who was an embarrassment
To the weak and the sick and the sad
I write these words . . .
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March 22, 2006 02:42 PM EST --
Son of Adam
©2006, Basil Sands
Son of Adam
Where are you going?
I am going down this road.
Son of Adam
Why are you so swiftly travelling that road?
It lies before me, and must be travelled.
Son . . .
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March 22, 2006 03:58 PM EST --
<h1 style="">Brilliance among shadows</h1>
©2005, Basil Sands
At the moment there is a particularly wonderful view out my window at work.
Clouds are surrounding the . . .
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