Poetry – Page 2 – Phil Cline

Laugh like a young man

September 7, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Trigger Warning. Caution: This poem tends to glorify being a man. Laugh as a Young Man Laughs Laugh as a young man laughs. Laugh hearty, laugh out loud, Laugh at facing a day’s hard work, Laugh at the wobble in your knees Hauling hundred pound sacks of “taters” Balanced across your shoulders. […]

A Tide Barely Felt

June 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

The Tide Barely Felt Time, the tide barely felt, Sweeps us Away. Its low waves rush across the shore And withdraw, The clicking sounds of tiny rocks colliding, Raking over their fellows, And With each arrival, each delivery, each departure Less force, less vigor, less wash. Random faces float top shallow pools, […]

Morning Moon

May 3, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Morning Moon by Phil Cline Mist surrounds the morning moon Hovering above night’s remainder, Heaven’s pale reflection of regret. Dawn waits wet residue to dry, Moist women asleep, their legs languid, Carelessly spread, left apart-by the departed. The raucous evening’s promises redeemed Foolish jocularity shortened by haste of Dreaded day. Here any […]

Impatient of the Dawn

April 25, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Poetry

Impatient of the Dawn No new lease for the cabin in the wood, No replenishment for the lake At the bottom of the hill, No more apple slice Slipped between my lips, The taste crisp, crunched And savored like dew drops From a branch’s furthest tip, Only the lonely slap of my […]

Poem about Hemingway’s short stories

March 16, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Poetry

A good short story Like a dream, starts In the middle; Ends with a shake Of your shoulders Or a scream.

Before Life

February 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Before Life Afloat snug in warm fluid for untold time Awaiting mine own age to emerge, Innocent, perfect, ready To preen, to pretend, to prance In seed plenum; shell, fossil, rock entombed An eternity. Inanimate to animate by a bit of water, A trowel, an earthquake shaking boulders loose To gambol, smash, crush, […]

The Preacher on the Other Side of My Window Pane

February 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

The Preacher on The Other Side of My Window Pane At his farthest touch, beyond A cold, translucent window pane, Smudged, scratched, etched by those Who passed this way many times ago He bends, squints to peer past Diaphanous curtains. At curious figures Moving, gamboling; busy on the other side At what he doesn’t know. […]

Confusion

December 23, 2017 by philcline in Blog / Poetry

Confusion Unwelcome to me The too bright light from From across the street. Spilling in, over the sill, onto The undusted dresser, The bedposts of an empty bed, Blankets and rumpled sheets cast aside, The door half closed as if she still slept there. I wish to be left to my dreams. […]

The General, a poem by Phil Cline

September 27, 2017 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

My General Up along the hill On worn and weathered knees He strived headlong, stubborn, Leading us to our destiny. Our Captain shouted No! to him, Warning of shocks and shoals, Of arrows, pins, shards and blades, Of bent, broken flags and escutcheons. And all us foolish boys Who marked his words, […]

Just Once, a poem by Phil Cline

September 16, 2017 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Just Once Just once watching the tides at play A wave cut fiercely left to right, Never topping nor breaking to white, A green watery blade it was Rising and rending the wind, Scattering the screaming gulls, Then calmed to mere swell, It withdrew seaward Never crashing to shore. I did […]

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