Tag Archives: love

ghosts

Posted on February 14, 2022 by AnElephantCant

ghosts in the darkness they comethe ghosts of my accuserscreated from the angeror resentmentof those who still livewho point fingersand hurl accusationsof heinous crimesmany of whichI admitI am guilty of there are other ghostsof those now deadwho show more benevolenceeven … Continue reading →

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words you wrote

Posted on May 24, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: words you wrote I have photographs of you and words that you wrote and many many more words that I wrote to you for you about you but most of all … Continue reading →

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fragment of love

Posted on February 1, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: fragment of love I still recall the first night in an airport long ago you brushed my cheek you promised that I’d always have a fragment of your love the river … Continue reading →

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ghosts of love

Posted on November 3, 2019 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: ghosts of love Hallowe’en is a night full of magic when candles in turnips shine bright in the dark nervous folk fear spirits will venture forth but the ghosts are only … Continue reading →

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a poem

Posted on June 8, 2019 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: a poem once upon a poem I fell in love with you and in a breathless moment my heart was filled with rhymes of morning sun sweet days of fun soft … Continue reading →

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love and butterflies

Posted on February 23, 2019 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: love and butterflies once upon a time I saw a butterfly drifting floating flitting whimsically twinkling through the brightly hued garden of life making me smile brightening my existence alighting for … Continue reading →

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not always

Posted on November 10, 2018 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: not always I promise you I will love you forever you know I’m a man who means what he says so I want to make something quite clear now I promise … Continue reading →

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beauty

Posted on February 18, 2017 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear this 100-second poem read aloud: beauty this poet can’t possibly define beauty I am not sure if anyone can what makes the heart sing depends on so many things whether you’re a poet a woman or … Continue reading →

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the lovelorn lepidopterist

Posted on May 17, 2014 by AnElephantCant

  once upon a time I saw a butterfly drifting floating flitting whimsically twinkling through the brightly hued garden of life making me smile brightening my existence alighting for but a moment on each flower in my soul eclipsing the … Continue reading →

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sometimes

Posted on January 18, 2014 by AnElephantCant

sometimes you almost touch love it stumbles closer every day you stretch your fingertips until it mocks you and slips away sometimes you almost hear love perhaps across a telephone line is that static or just silence did you miss … Continue reading →

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