As the days turned
To weeks,
As the weeks ran
Into months
And the rush
At the thought
Of her,
At the sight
Of her,
Kept flooding his
Entire being
He knew it was
More
Than a passing fancy,
Funny he thought
As he gazed out the
Window,
Across the plaza,
Passing fancies put
You through the wringer,
But he didn`t know
Where this would take him.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling“ www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
9:40 AM October 30, 2012
Do love affairs
Ever end
Or do they simply
Stroll your dreams
And sneak into
Your waking hours
At unexpected times,
When you fall in love
Do you say what
The hell and ride,
Or do you
Bide your time
To see how long
The track is
Before climbing
Onto the saddle ?
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
8:57 PM October 29, 2012
Coleman’s Body And Soul
Comes on KPLU.com,
And it’s magic how his horn
Takes your mind
Backwards and forwards
To those few times
Someone really had you,
Or could have had you,
Body And Soul.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
9:41 AM October 29, 2012
I bet I could seduce you.
No I don’t think you could.
What? Are you trying
Reverse psychology?
No – Just responding
To your statement.
I was looking for a poem
In that old conversation
When the 7.7 earthquake hit.
I didn’t feel a thing,
Didn’t know it happened
Until Matt came knocking hard,
It’s hard to feel the earth move
When your floating above the
Ground.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangertsAndPoetry.com
7:22 PM October 28, 2012
Wrapped up in
Shades of blue
So tightly
There was nothing
Anyone could do,
Every time we nearly
Slipped away
A note of blue
Made us stay,
Who knows why
Blues in Blue
Kept us high
And wildly crazy,
Perhaps a devil
Playing rhythm ?
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
4:58 PM October 27, 2012
Where does one go
From here ?
What does one do
When the realization
Is clear,
When you see
The Strauss Philosophy
In high gear ?
Are people really
Too stupid
To pay attention,
To make decisions ?
Why are Harper
And the Neocons
Quietly striking
A thirty-one year
Draconian deal
With China ?
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” http://www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
9:18 AM October 27, 2012
She locked time
In a drawer
And said see you kid
Walked into the night
That’s what she did,
Said I will return
And there was no doubt
She flashed her smile
And her sexy pout,
That’s all you could do
When you knew Maili
Was watch her time
With anxiety.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” http://www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
6:20 PM October 26, 2012
Sometimes they seemed to be
Like the engraved figures
On an ancient Egyptian necklace,
Forever locked in a mystic stare,
Making love with their eyes
And when the sun and light
Were right coming together
In a full passionate embrace
Of bodies and lips that
Onlookers never did see,
Sometimes they seemed to be
Like that,
Lovers stuck in alabaster
On a vase older than modern
Time itself,
Desperately wanting to come
Together in a naked bliss
That was impossible,
Sometimes they
Seemed to be
Like that.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
8:00 PM October 25, 2012
She spoke in the
Language of raindrops
That was hard
To understand,
Like searching
For the switch
To love
When there is
No such command,
Through the plops,
The drips and drops
Things seemed to
Be going well,
I think she said
She loved me,
But it was hard
For me to tell.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” http://www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
11:15 PM October 24, 2012
The snow on the mountains
The cold morning air
Bring snow tires
And shovels to
Mind,
Sean stopped in looking
For a dishwashing job,
Jim came in for a tea
And a read of the
Globe & Mail
And a
Quiet early morning
Turned into a hub
Of coming and
Going,
Too busy to write
The words jamming in
My mind but I’ll remember
Them because they are all about
You.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “Falling” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
7:08 PM October 24, 2012
