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FIRST ODE TO MY WIFE
By Roland E. Williams The flowers smell sweeter When you stand next to me Your smile has become endless Ever since we have become one A...
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Nov 7, 20181 min read


NEVER
By Roland E. Williams To think that every laugh is the same Is to never have cried when laughing And never to have laughed while crying...
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Nov 6, 20181 min read


AS YOU STEP THROUGH MY DAY
By Roland E. Williams Before the morning light awakens Your footfall continuously echoes In so many of my joy-filled dreams And the last...
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Nov 5, 20181 min read


RETURN OF THE MUSE
By Roland E. Williams Like a candle-wick about to end But miraculously catches a small flame again The muse has returned The fractionist...
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Nov 3, 20181 min read


THE TAMARIND TREE
By Roland E. Williams Although your bark was not more than a few years old Your shade was grand as you proudly stretched your limbs The...
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Nov 2, 20181 min read


SEARCHING FOR HOME
By Roland E. Williams Love seemed lost Or just hidden too far away, too deep, or too long When it seemed But just a dream I once had or I...
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Nov 1, 20181 min read


NEOLOGISTIC TRIBUTE
By Roland E. Williams I have invented an adjective That is ever so informative For it is to do only with you Because of what only you can...
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Oct 31, 20181 min read


TANGIBLE INTENTIONS
By Roland E. Williams A weary and troubled heart met his queen She smiled when he beckoned for an audience Wondering if his words were...
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Oct 30, 20181 min read


RAIN
By Roland E. Williams I recall seeing it for the first time A sign of bad news The infamous red flag flying so high As far away as that...
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Oct 25, 20181 min read


UNRAVELED
By Roland E. Williams I said to the singer Singer, sing me my song He said he cannot sing that which has been unwritten Because your song...
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Oct 24, 20181 min read


A DAY’S CATCH
By Roland E. Williams At four, or a little after Silently to the shore Boat straining young bodies Today not everyone is present No one...
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Oct 23, 20181 min read


UNHAPPY TO BE AN ADULT
By Roland E. Williams Your presence never made a difference When you were far away You could have been anyone, The image that fades with...
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Oct 22, 20181 min read


PERPETUAL
By Roland E. Williams When morning comes and the day is about to start I do not wish to get up if you are not in my life When the day has...
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Oct 21, 20181 min read


WHAT MORE CAN WE ASK FOR?
By Roland E. Williams Has there been a sunrise without a thought of you? A heartbeat for you that was ever untrue? An intake of air that...
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Oct 19, 20181 min read


REFLECTION
Roland E. Williams When you see a smile on my face It is just a reflection of your smile Whenever I now laugh since knowing you I do so...
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Oct 18, 20181 min read


A TRUE PLEDGE
By Roland E. Williams Her plight has led her down many an avenue. Having taken the wrong one, she turned away. Her heart sought only to...
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Oct 17, 20181 min read


THIS IS SHE, MY FRIEND
By Roland E. Williams She ended a quest for happiness, which seemed unlikely to find She started a life of nightly liveliness, with tears...
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Oct 16, 20181 min read


THE FLAME
By Roland E. Williams The flame that draws a moth nearer And makes our love shine clearer In that darkest of places we’ve banned it to...
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Oct 15, 20181 min read


IS MY TRUTH TOO TRUE FOR YOU?
By Roland E. Williams Have you still a single doubt in your mind? Have I said any words that were unkind? Is my love for you not...
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Oct 14, 20181 min read


FAMILIAR (Short Story)
By Roland E. Williams The names of the streets in that part of the old colonial city were dates. Days in numbers and the months written...
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Oct 13, 20182 min read
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