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Best Poems From
GREENWOLFE 1962
(MARCH 23, 1951)
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Ashes
I burned them all to ashes,
The things you used to say.
I guess you didn't write them down,
So you'd avoid this day.
I don't think you considered
The wonders of the mind,
And how it treats the remnants
Of lovers left behind.
You thought I'd always cherish,
The things you gave to me.
But honey, I can't value,
What others get for free.
It's going to take forever,
But I've got many years;
To burn away the memories
Contained in all my tears.
For now I've just avoided,
Substantial pain and strife.
I just incinerated all,
The things that were our life.
They now are only ashes.
No flames of love remain.
Here no Phoenix lies in wait;
For love, to rise again.
GREENWOLFE 1962
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Autumn Love
I met her in the autumn ;
When such are found , you know .
She said , 'In all her glory .'
Though joking , oh how so !
So true , I did inform her .
But then , to no surprise .
Such things are never certain
In autumn's paradise .
An autumn love , so firmly ,
May grasp a loving heart ;
It still may seem together ,
Though broken from the start .
Through autumn , when it found me .
Through winter's frozen years .
Such love alive in springtime ,
Brings forth a rain of tears .
That's why the loves of autumn
Display a special trait .
The heartbreak , comes much sooner .
The love ends , much too late .
For young love , it's more tragic .
Although it's torn apart ,
The yearning never ceases
Around a virgin heart .
So when the tears of springtime
Give way and summer looms ;
The autumn love , once tempting ,
Ignores the soul it dooms .
And then , the autumn comes again
For young loves one and all .
Changing then , its name once more ,
From autumn to the fall .
GREENWOLFE 1962
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Borrowed Words
I'm waiting here for someone .
Just who , I couldn't say .
She's bringing my contentment .
True love , I guess , someday .
I may just wait forever .
Again , this one last time .
It's then , I shall endeavor
To put our love in rhyme .
By then , if I've forgotten
Expressions lovers say ;
I thought that I'd just borrow
From those I wrote today .
That's why I don't mind waiting .
I've got more time you see ,
To think of things more charming
To say when love's with me .
It's then , when I'm contented
And know not what to say .
I'll be so glad I waited
And wrote of love this day .
So let me write my love words
To one I do not know .
Though someday , they'll be borrowed ,
These words wrote long ago .
GREENWOLFE 1962
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Eternally Together
As flowers bloom in springtime
To garland nature's glow ,
I know you now remember
Such beauty long ago .
And you must hear the music
Around our favorite song .
Calling back our memories
We've held for oh so long .
For as you might remember
They always came in rhyme ,
The links that held together
Our love for all this time .
Our love theme song , 'Forever',
Compelled a warm embrace .
And humming love between us
Charmed both our souls with grace .
A tear-stained love embittered ,
Was never ours, and thus ;
No rhymes of love concluded
Were ever penned by us .
We parted just like strangers ,
Who meet while passing by .
We knew and loved each other ,
And neither was a lie .
Foretold by us that springtime ,
We'd meet again someday ;
Now , having done our duty ,
Prediction has its way .
For now, we've come full circle .
It's springtime once again .
I think I hear our love song ,
Just as I did back then .
I know you now remember ,
A smile is on your face .
A brilliance seen that springtime
That time just can't erase .
So now , by our endeavor ,
We'll have our one last fling .
Eternally Together ,
Resumed once more in spring .
GREENWOLFE 1962
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