A part of us leaves when we are asleep, and returns before we wake. This poem is dedicated to Deborah at Wavecrest who reads Poetry Corner.
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Thankful
The day moved away.
Night appears spate with twilight.
Me eyes open, close, to a peaceful sleep.
I am soundl asleep,
A piece of me descends to worlds, heavens and eternities.
Others join in consonance drawn form the covenant.
Yea, this endless journey is for an instant.
The sun stretches, ascends.
The moon pulls away.
Return – surrender in the dawn.
Hello Montauk
by Emmet Coughlin Sauchuck, 8 Years Old
Montauk is cool shiny blue seas.
Montauk is bright sunny places.
Montauk is the sea creatures’ home.
Clammers love the beach.
I love it too.
Strokes of slimy seaweed and bottles
of secret messages on the boulders
near the restaurant
music comes.
I like Montauk - the sunny bright beaches.
the musicians, rocks, the spider crabs.
I love Montuk, yes I do.
Poetry by Eleni Begetis Anastos
The Bird Whisperer
I am the bird whisperer
My hands, the branches of trees
Their destination to perch and sing
I borrow the trumpet of the swan
I follow the hoot of the owl
The chirping of the sparrow
To unite with the nightingales
And the angels of the sky
To ricochet in heaven
And rain down to Earth
Notes of divine music
Of rock and roll, blues and salsa
Bluegrass and soul
The heavens echo with rhythms
That make my lips whisper
In different places, different tunes
The eagle calls stay in my head
And in the ear of my MAKER
The raven closes the door of Hades
Saying “never more, never more”
Simply The Best
Could it be?
Were the Olympians really
Extraterrestrials
Refugee seed from another galaxy
Traveling
To avoid an eruption
Of another Atlantis?
Were the Greeks their offspring?
Fathered by the Olympians
Freed from the Titans
too busy thrashing the Earth
in all their wrath
Long has it been said
The Greeks
like an eagle who mates
with partridge or dove
Mixed, and disappeared
Into the four winds
Now, no longer Greek Gods
They are now “god-damn Greeks”
But once in a while
Sometime, somewhere
A Greek is born who is
of THAT Olympian breed |
