Phil Huffy – 1 poem

Alone

 

You chose me from a hundred score

and took my secrets for your own.

Now, time’s accursed bugle blown,

I carry on but little more.

 

You brought to me what poets seek

and love struck still your dreams I hold.             .

I keep them safe and hear them speak

in empty rooms of endless cold.

 

 

           Phil Huffy is a reformed attorney from Rochester, New York, USA.  Before turning to poetry, he hobbied for years as a

           songwriter and solo performer.  He often writes from personal experience as he would like to remember it.

           Recent placements include The Lyric, Gold Dust, Lighten Up Online and three haiku journals.

Marc Carver – 3 poems

A LOOK

 

I wonder what people see

when they look into my eyes

Love

Fear

insanity

an idiot

A possible murderer

They try to escape

but I hold them in for as long as I can

I don’t know why

perhaps it is  so I know I am alive.

 

 

ACCORDING TO

 

I went into the coffee shop

the guy took my order

and asked my name.

I looked at his name tag

it was Luke

Between us we have half the gospels I told him

He told me the coffee would be at the end.

No religious conversations today.

 

KNOW THYSELF

 

I walk past two young women

sat on the floor

one looks at me and says

He is not a very nice man.

I say me

I am lovely.

She doesn’t reply

but I think she may know me better

than I know myself.

 

 

Marc Carver