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Tag Archives: Poetry
Life, Love, People and God
My book: Life, Love, People and God is available on Amazon.com. Click here to order a copy It is comprised of poetry and essays written over the past fifty years by myself, a lifelong student of parliamentary procedure and political … Continue reading
Posted in About God, About Life, About Love, About People, Christianity, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Liberty, Literature, Philosophy of Religion, Poetry, Political Theory, Politics, Right to Bear Arms, Social Philosophy
Tagged Bill of Rights, God, Liberty, Life, Louis William Rose, love, People, Poetry, Politics, United States Constitution
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Poem: I Killed a Fish Today
I killed a fish today. This flounder, so alive. Caught at the end of day. Upon my butcher’s block, He struggled to survive. So beautiful, and proud. My knife against his head, Apologized aloud. Then quickly as I could, Made … Continue reading
Here’s to the Guys that got Married Three Times
Here’s to the guys that got married three times They should have known better but didn’t. They paid a high price for all of their crimes, Well meaning, forbidden, or hidden. Here’s to the guys that got married three times … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Humor, Louis William Rose, Poetry, relationships
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The Host of Heaven Views with Open Mouth
The host of heaven views with open mouth. Shocked and appalled at every lurid scene. Each good intention tragically gone south Each careless word both frivolous or mean. How desperate and how rapid was his fall! But, then the Blood … Continue reading
Posted in About God, Christianity, Philosophy of Religion, Poetry
Tagged Christianity, Louis William Rose, Poetry, Religion
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Sonnet: Things That Were to Be
Once I dreamt of things that were to be But now can only dream of things that were Sweet escapades designed to passion stir From next to next I wandered wild and free Once I gazed upon horizons vast Where … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged art, Existence, lost opportunity, Louis William Rose, old age, Poetry, Suicide, Writing
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Song: Once I’d Had Love
Once I’d had love, I had to have it all the time, The years when I was in my prime, To do without it was a crime. Life with-out love, You know it isn’t worth a dime, Or even just … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged awakened love, Louis William Rose, new love, old love, Poetry
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Poem: To Choose Between the Two
Thinking of the old days, Before my life was through. Thinking of the younger moments, And I thought of you. What is life and time that I Should be there and here too? Why don’t I have a natural right … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged art, Chas August, Louis William Rose, Poetry, relationships
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Poem: To Turn and Look at You
When I think about the way that it’s turned out disappointments, failings, and missteps review, If the worth of it I should begin to doubt I’d need only but to turn and look at you I still stand by everything … Continue reading
Song: There’s no Calvin like John Calvin
(Sung to the tune of “There’s no Business like Show Business.”) The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, are generally known to be a stodgy bunch, and yet, The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, all smile and … Continue reading
Sonnet: Mike 1984 – 2016
Come tell me there is something I might say, a string of magic words, some fated rhyme, whereby I might turn back the hands of time, and usher in a former favored day. Bring something that will hold my thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged desperation, end of life, God, Louis William Rose, Mike ALlen, Poem, Poetry, PTSD, Sonnet
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Poem: Twelve Hours
I go to bed Turning around There at the foot I lay my head On doggie’s paws She cleans my face To let me know That I am loved I turn again My pillowed mind Set free to roam To … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged desperation, dreams, Louis William Rose, Mundane, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, uncertainty
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Poem: A Thousand Different Lights
To see you in a thousand different lights, And watch the shadows play upon your face. To revel in the myriad delights, That sun and stars would delicately trace. To sense your every mood and temperant, Observe you comprehend and … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged art, husband and wife, Louis William Rose, love, marriage, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry
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Poem: Reaping
The constant dreams that fill my head, Of horrid things I did or said, Make me to turn upon my bed, To search in vain for sleep instead. I walk about throughout the day, Mouthing the words that I must … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Christianity
Tagged As a man sows, Christianity, despair, Failure, Gal 6:6, Galatians 6:6, God, Louis William Rose, Poem, Poetry, Reaping and Sowing
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Poem: Ethics
I read a book of Ar … istotle, When life for me was still brand new. I thought I should achieve … perfection, When all my studying was through. Much older now, I still (ah!) engage in, The acts I know … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Ethics, Poetry
Tagged Ethics, Louis William Rose, normative statements, Poetry
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Sonnet: The Life I Miss
It was so raucous, with them all around at times I thought, like some pneumatic drill alone inside my room, devoid of sound the memories within are louder still The constant conflict seemed too high a price combined with expectations … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged art, children of divorce, Divorce, irony, Louis William Rose, Poem, Poetry, regret, Sonnet
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Poem: Blind Dating
Sanguine anticipation, a fantasy convivial, caught my imagination, awaiting her arrival. What mysteries within her, would she elect to proffer? What gems of wit and wonder, had I within my coffer? How grand the hope that hovers, and leads us … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged art, Blind Dating, Louis William Rose, Love at first sight, Poem, Poetry, Romance
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A new verse for “The Mikado”
In Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Mikado”, Koko a tailor under a death sentence is appointed Lord High Executioner with the reasoning that before he can cut off someone’s head, he has to cut his own off . Nevertheless, he has a list. … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Humor, Poetry, Political Theory
Tagged Gilbert & Sullivan, Louis William Rose, Poem, Poetry, The Mikado
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Poem: My Childhood
A good running start, you might say. A nice quiet town, my own room. They tried very hard, but one day, I had to escape, that cramped womb. Why I didn’t stay like my friends. Who always obeyed, or more … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged adolescence, art, childhood, Family, Fathers, Home, Louis William Rose, Mothers, parenting, Poem, Poetry, teenager
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Song: A Song for Jamy
Jamy, when I first met you, I knew that you were special. The passions of the flesh will pass away, But not my love for you, it’s here to stay. Jamy, I can’t forget you, You’ve got me in your … Continue reading
Posted in About Love, Poetry
Tagged Arts, courting rituals, Jamy Sue Rose, Literature, Louis William Rose, love, Lyrics, marriage, Music, Poem, Poetry, relationships, Romance, Romantic comedy film, serenade
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Sonnet: It Must Have Been a Dream I Thought I Had
It must have been a dream I thought I had, My eyes awakened filled with tears of joy. Still breathing fast my troubled soul made glad, Anticipating scenes I might enjoy. The universe was like a shiny toy, That I, … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged Broken Dreams, Disappointment, Failure, Louis William Rose, Poetry, Sonnet
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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: 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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