D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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Maeve
Your eyes were proof that Light has infinite houses But only one home
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Certain Tea
Leaves contain secrets Light and water tutor them Heed their warm whispers
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
A Look Beheld
Those of us who lack beauty have a gift As recompense for our misshapen forms: We can gold from ordinary muck sift And know it when real to ideal conforms
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Perfect Portraiture
Ah, eternity Not images in sequence But everything, still
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
The Hunger
We will have to trust the hounds in the snow What we cannot find, their keen noses will How to keep starvation at bay, we know
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Respect the Nog
"Egg in a small cup" Your name signifies just this But you mean much more
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
The Gathering
Seldom is he satisfied with our work Although we gather all the wood we can He surveys our wretched toil with a smirk
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Completely Content
Everything we do Quickly becomes a message Public or private
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Nature Walk
Are my ears lying? Did a foolish, old monkey Just tell me to sit?
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Uncertain Term
How I loved teaching Before the plague transformed it Into a drab farce
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Fleeting Forms
Made with ludic love Slowly thawed by time and light Gone swiftly, like us
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Last Winter
Anyone familiar with winter Understands that it could bury our world We imagine Hell as blazing fire But into ice and snow we will be hurled
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets