by Richard Gildea | Jun 3, 2016 | Poetry
Appointed hour ‘tis now so near at hand All thoughts suspend until (said) outcome’s clear ‘Adagio for strings’ doth play at heart’s command Precursor to held Prayer which stills my fear Midst troubled world and all that such entails I walk with friends immersed in...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 3, 2016 | Poetry
To fan the flames within each temp’rate heart May prove to be beyond the scope of Man So insular our lives (when lived apart) Have long since been bereft of caring plan Where once each neighbour added to our day With oft’ familiar greetings and warm smile Tis...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 3, 2016 | Poetry
Midst ‘tales to tell’ we move (who scribe the void) Betwixt both metaphor and lit’ral rhyme Descriptive phrase so oft’ by choice employed When spouting forth, thru ‘once upon a time’ Yet what is left unsaid intrigues the mind Of all who chance to read its varied form...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 1, 2016 | Poetry
Held whispers caught in shells (divest of sound) Hath linger’d long until such time to fly Beyond the seas where hope filled dreams abound On Gull like wings traversing azure sky Perchance love’s call may yet invoke response If harken’d to by one attuned to same A...
by Richard Gildea | May 30, 2016 | Poetry
Within ‘The Keep’ I’ve now been kept (confused) No charge of treason, nor of Regicide Above my head a gibbet hangs (unused) Such cost incurred, as here I now reside Twas early morn before the Sun’s arise As I didst formulate the day’s advance Yon ramparts to be...
by Richard Gildea | May 30, 2016 | Poetry
Now cloak’d in shadows (form’d thru sacrifice) ‘The Darkness’ comes when least expected to For those among who paid said ‘highest price’ Such ‘torments’ doth avoid within review Yet each in turn would gladly suffer same Perchance life’s path twas set on diff’rent...
