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Louis William Rose
Category Archives: Poetry
Poem: My Dear Friend
Do not imagine weeks go by that I don’t think of you. Not constantly, of course, for I am occupied it’s true with matters consequential. But now and then while waiting in life’s sterile anteroom, your memory causes me to … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged childhood friends, Dr. Jacqueline Gillis, Louis William Rose, Poem
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Sonnet: Tree Hill
I think I’ll wander up to old Tree Hill to spend a few unhurried hours there and walk the trails until I get my fill of butterflies and scented woodland air Above the birds and squirrels make their nest turtles … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged FL, Jacksonville, Louis William Rose, Nature, Poem, Sonnet, Tree Hill Nature Center, Urban Nature Center
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Poem: Calvin Understands
What more is there to say but Calvin understands He knows my trip was long, things had not gone my way He meets my want, with quiet voice, with skillful hands Provisions me, that mine should be a pleasant stay … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Calvin Blount, East Point, exhaustion, Georgia, hospitality, hotel, late night, Poem: Louis William Rose, shelter, succor
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Poem: Martha Mitchell
Martha Mitchell, brassy, big haired, woman of the South Arkansas simple sweet and twangy A voice of her own that she loved to hear And John Mitchell for a husband Trouble. Trouble for the GOP Nixon knew her kind and … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Political Theory, Race and Gender
Tagged GOP, John Mitchell, Louis William Rose, Martha, Martha Beall Mitchell, Martha Mitchell, Martha Stewart, Nixon Administration, party faithful, Poem, politician's wives, Republican Women, Richard Nixon, South Arkansas, Watergate scandal, Whistleblower, Women in Politics
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Poem: Type II
I have to take the pills Blue, orange, tan, and white Six white Or I will die Or I will lose my legs Stroke, coma, sightless eyes Brown eyes My kidneys gone My doctor says that I Should diet, drop … Continue reading
Sonnet: Epitaph
Epitaph for Louis William Rose Lou Rose has passed away, ha, ha, ho, ho. No special claim on heaven he has made, Except that upon Christ his sins are laid, Were there another way he must say no. His life … Continue reading
Poem: The Party’s Over
The conflict between the two party pols at last has begun Now that all the facts that no one will hear are made manifest. Of course they will both continue to poll the voters en masse Ensuring that they position … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry, Political Theory
Tagged Democrat, Facism, Louis William Rose, Poem, Political Corruption, political parties, Republican, Tyranny
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Poem: Patter upon an Umbrella
Whilst I strolled one summer Sunday, came a tree within my reach. Overarched like an umbrella, I there picked myself a peach. From the path a gentle lady did observe my moral breach. I approached her hoping she would not … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Humor, Poetry
Tagged flirting, Louis William Rose, Love at first sight, love spurned, patter, Poem, strolling through the park one day, umbrella
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Villanelle: Forty Hours
I did not like the things they had to say. The current economic crisis meant That I should have to work on Saturday. Why must I have to work the extra day? I cannot get it back once it is … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged Forty hour work week, Labor Union, leisure time, Louis William Rose, Poem, VIllanelle, worker's rights
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My Definition of Poetry
poetry NOUN: 1. The art or work of a poet. Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poietes, maker, composer, from poiein, to create. No one may define poetry except the poet. In like manner no … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged art, creation, Definition of Poetry, Louis William Rose, to compose, to create
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Poem: Stars & Bars
Atop some distant southern crag I spied a confederate battle flag. I felt my warrior’s spirit sag, for I am a Union soldier To think that some still hoist that rag. The honor of the Union drag thru mud and … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged Civil War, Confederate Flag, Dixie, Louis William Rose, Poem, Rebel Flag
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Poem: A Question for the Candidate
What used to bear the name of university, Is now no more than an employee factory, Where students do not ponder truth and mystery, But train instead to serve the world economy, And lick the boots of those who climb … Continue reading
On Shakespeare’s “Sonnet CXVI”
With Sonnet CXVI, William Shakespeare refuses to admit that anything can change or stand in the way of true love. The setting of this sonnet gives the impression that the poet has been engaged in a lively discussion regarding the … Continue reading
Poem: Mary Was Such a Good Employee
Mary, was such a good employee. She worked ten or more hours a day. Whenever they had an emergency, Mary was willing to stay. Bob was a good employee too. His work was his heart and soul. No limit to … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged labor, leisure., Louis William Rose, overworked, Poem, Sherry H. David, UNF, work yourself to death, Working stiff
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Poem: The Office Refrigerator
How good it is to have at work a large refrigerator, in which, to leave and then retrieve our food, sooner or later. If say, perhaps, a memory lapse should cause our lunch to linger so long that eating it … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Humor, Poetry
Tagged Fridge, Louis William Rose, Office Refridgerator, Poem
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Sonnet: How Wonderful to Know and Not To Know
How wonderful to know and not to know of chance and circumstance that might have been never expressed but for your toothy grin. Which must sustain me even as you go. With both hands, I would part the folds of … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged farewell, good friends, Louis William Rose, office relationships, Poem, Sonnet, things that might have been
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Poem Bobby Combs
He wasn’t a big man, not in size, but he would not be ignored. There was an intelligence in his eyes, where the sum of years was stored. Commanding respect, demanding the truth, gallant, melodious, strong. Focused on excellence from … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Atlantic Dry Dock, Bobby Combs, Louis William Rose, obituary, Poem
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Poem: Depression
Once dapper, now dour Once sweet, but now sour I wait for the hour when death pays his call I don’t feel like drinking or dancing at all I don’t feel like taking my place at the ball
Poem: Massacre
I was there and I recall how it felt to be a member, of that group out in the hall at the school in late September. Who had gravitated thus by an instinct for survival having suffered on the bus … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Right to Bear Arms
Tagged Columbine, Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris, Louis Rose, Massacre, Poem
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Sonnet: My Love For You
My love for you is like the wildwood rose. That flourishes secluded in the fields. In seasons lush or deprivate it grows. Each passing year a greater harvest yields. My love for you is like the brook that flows. The … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged Arts, Cupid, Jamy Sue Rose, Louis William Rose, love in nature, My Love For You, Nature, Poem, Poetry, relationships, Romance, Sonnet
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Poem: Marta
A quiet beauty graced with towering intellect, who oversees her private aims and public goals. Compelled by honor, yet with her emotions checked, she gives direction, disciplines, inspires, consoles, the ones who follow her and call her friend. For those … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Florida Department of Corrections, honor, Louis William Rose, Marta Villacorta, Poem
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Poem: I watched you leaving
I watched you leaving, saw you wave. Your face lined with sickness body bruised and beaten eyes set in a mask neither happy nor sad the lover that I could not save It was not the first time, both of … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged art, Drug addiction, in love with an addict, Louis William Rose, nar-anon, Poem, Poetry
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Poem: If I Could but Decide
If I could but decide for both of us, How simple life would be, how free from care. Knowing that in me you’d placed your trust. I’d carefully resolve, strive to be fair Life’s not like that though I guess … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged decision, Louis William Rose, love, mutual commitment, Poem, Poetry, uncertainty
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Sonnet: I Have Sought Thee
I have sought thee for so long, every day and every hour, every poem and every song, wrought to bring our love to flower. Is there naught for me to say, what persuasion, what endearment, could I now at your … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged art, committment, Louis William Rose, Poem: Sonnet, Poetry, Sonnet, unrequited love
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Poem: Remembering you is easy
When I awoke I visualized your face, your smile so vibrant, and your eyes so bright, the way you looked when held in my embrace, in tender dreams I had of you last night. I often think of you throughout … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged Jamy Sue Rose, Louis William Rose, love, Poem, Poetry, Romance
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Poem: Prison is a Wonderful Place
Prison is a wonderful place People here from every creed and race Memories that time will not erase When the court adjudicates your case You could disappear without a trace When they send you here it’s in disgrace It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged cell block, Corrections, Crime, Crime and Justice, Human Rights, inmate, Louis William Rose, Organizations, Poem, Prison, Prison life, United States
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Song: The Needle in Your Arm
a intellectual blues riff for the heroin addict How cruel!, the world around you, a child so scared, defenseless, would naturally seek a friend who, assured that it would hurt less. So eagerly embraced, a blanket soft and warm. All … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged addiction, Alchemy, Arts, blues, bottom, despair, Health, Heroin, Horror, Louis William Rose, Pain Management, Poem, Song
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Song: Six Stringed Parable
Let me tell ya’ll a story ‘bout this guitar I got here. It was never glued together, it just suddenly appeared. Now if you believe my story, if you think that it is true, Then the same thing might apply … Continue reading
Posted in About God, Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Baptist, Christ, Christianity, conviction of sin, desperation, election, free will, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Parable, Poem, Religion and Spirituality, salvation, Six Stringed Guitar, Song
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Song: Father teach me to pray
Father teach me to pray. My life’s an empty shell, won’t you within me dwell. I pledge myself to you Oh Lord. Please make us one. Father, I’ve gone astray. I’ve sinned against you Lord, I do it every day. … Continue reading
Posted in About God, Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Christ, God, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord, Lords Prayer, Louis William Rose, Poem, Prayer, salvation, Song
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Poem: Judy’s Song
Do you think you’d be happy? If you had just what you wanted? If you had just what you needed to be free? Or wouldn’t you be slightly bored, In knowing that the points you’d scored Had brought you all … Continue reading
In a cruel and uncaring world... 