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Best Poems From
FAITH ELIZABETH BRIGHAM
(May 14,1953)
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Her Radiant Beauty
She flys by sultry
as an egyptian queen
catching us by surprise
her two-tone colored wings
fluttering as she
lightly touches down
upon the lantana bush
gracing it with all
of her radiant beauty
as she brings with her
the early signs of
spring into the dawn
of its first day
at last she comes
the precious butterfly
to help us welcome spring
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Hopeless Marriage
click, click, click
my fingers tapping
on the keyboard as
i work on a new piece
you come up behind me
right on schedule
telling me it's late
i tell you i want
to finish the line
i'm working on
you say you want
me to come to bed
i want you to
leave me alone
when i say i will
be there in a moment
we both know i'm telling
a little lie
you sigh and go
to bed alone
i send out my poem
as soon as it is complete
within a few short weeks
i get a check in the mail
you say you want to be
writer like me
i say i will help
you get a job writing
soon you are writing
newspaper articles
and keeping me up late
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Hungry I Was When I Met Him
hungry i was when i met him
and hungry i always will stay
if the love that i have for my man
is ignored in a constant way
there's no joy left inside of me
my good years are wasting away
young i was when i met him
i'm just getting starved out with age
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Hurting Once Again
Lord, you know that I've been hurting.
Momma says it's growing pains.
Oh, you know that I've been hurting
Momma says it's growing pains.
Here I am a hurting, yes I'm hurting once again.
Well, I've been down to the river;
Lord, I went down there feeling fine.
Yes, I went down to the river;
Lawd, I went down there feeling fine.
But before I knew it, I was sitting there a crying.
Momma. said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
Momma said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
She said, 'You're just a poor girl with some crazy, mixed-up dreams'.'
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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