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Best Poems From
SHERI HOCKMAN
(01/12/1970)
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Anamnesis
I have spent many a lonely and idle hour
Gazing wistfully at this glistering flame
And as softly as the winds whisper to the flowers
Dost mine heart yet whisper your name
Darling, how deeply I have loved you
Since that first day love shined in thine eyes
For an eternity wilt I ever remain true
Though thy love for me now dies
I know not how I shall bear this pain
As you no longer hold me within thine heart
And though my wish be both futile and vain
I still long to be whither thou art
You wert mine Heaven on Earth
My sun rose in the day that was you
Shining bright in my lost soul's rebirth
To now set, slowly fading from view
Sometimes I do doubt and I ponder
Wondering if you ever didst truly love me
I mourn all of the passions I squandered
On such a heartless man as thee
Sheri Hockman
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Andromeda (a tritina)
I am but a musard in this cosmic scheme
With lambent eyes that cannot see
I gaze across the expanse of this universe
Just a fugacious mote in that impervious universe
Ever rising then setting in an acronycal scheme
Too distant to be marked by those other eyes that see
Though my dissolution may be all that is left to see
Never will I abandon my delusive scheme
To collide within the discourse of my own universe
In this saturnine dream, can you see the universe scheme?
Sheri Hockman
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Blodeuwedd
Forbidden to wed a mortal wife
Lleu implored the mages old
To imbibe flowers with a semblance of life
And create a woman he could hold
So of oak, broom and meadowsweet
A beautiful maiden was born
Yet she was not a lady complete
For without a soul she was still lorn
Lleu so loved his lady fair
And cherished her ever so much
But never was he once aware
Of the deceit within her foul touch
Her heart belonged to another man
A hunter from the wild forest lands
And the two formed a most heinous plan
To slay Lleu by their very own hand
His death was a destined decree
And he could only perish in that fated way
So she begged with a false frightened plea
To tell her so her fears would allay
His love for her was so very great
He spoke of the means of his death
With the secret she could no longer wait
And with a spear they stole his last breath
But Lleu would not succumb so easily
And transformed into an eagle and flew
Into the skies he soared readily
In search of those mages he knew
They changed him into a man once more
And for her selfish and deceitful ways
They turned her into a owl that could soar
Only at night far from a man's normal gaze
Sheri Hockman
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Entreating the Wyrd
I know not where the Fates may lead me
as I call upon the sisterly guides
I fear that they may yet deceive me
as they answer my desolate cries
'Pleadingly, I beseech you'
I cry to the starry night skies
'If my heart is to remain true
I needst know where the path ahead lies'
'Child, Child, shed you no more tears'
they sang as they gathered around
'Child, Child, set loose all of those fears
and tell us for where art thou bound'
'Sisters, Sisters, I really do fear
that I shall ever be lost
I have searched for the path for many a year
within time's maelstrom I'm tossed'
'Child, Child, our most precious one'
they sigh in a soothingly mien
'thine arduous journey has not yet begun
so thy path yet remains to be seen'
'Sisters, Sisters, please do not leave! '
I cry as their visage does fade
'If mine path is not preconceived
then why dost I feel so betrayed? '
'Child, Child, never you fear'
they smiled a most fondest adieu
'Close thine eyes and all will be clear
just follow thine heart, it shall lead you'
Sheri Hockman
Read more: child poems, journey poems, fear poems, lost poems, heart poems, night poems, time poems, sister poems, children poems, sky poems, smile poems
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