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Poetry from our Subscribers

30/6/2023

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Please read the full article to enjoy the following three original works of poetry:
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  • ​​​Forgiveness – by Gayle Copp Steeves
  • Erase Me From Your Mind – by Gayle Copp Steeves
  • Familiarity Breeds Content - by Lunamuse 2023




Forgiveness – by Gayle Copp Steeves
The windows were broken, the door was gone
The wood was worn and grey.
The roof had a bad curve that broke my heart
Because my great grandfather never built it that way.


I jumped the ditch full of grass and weeds
And looked for the old gate lane
Over here the old stone well should have been
So difficult to tell because nothing looks the same.


I made my way to the steps of our old house
Where memories were made as a child
Standing with my hand on the old door knob
I wondered if I should go in or depart.


So many memories come rushing back
As I moved from room to room
A picture still hung on the dingy wall
Oh what a feeling of gloom!


In a frame of gold is a beautiful child
Dimpled face, reddish hair and blue eyes
To pause and gaze at this angel face
Could only fill your soul with thoughts of Paradise.

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Year after year this picture still hung
On the grey baron walls
Who left her behind to be all alone
A ghost to haunt these halls?  

I turn and pause to gaze on the face
Of this child of beauty rare
Why did she never really understand
What it meant to love and care?


I close the door and stand for a while
With my hand upon the knob
I take a deep breath and close my eyes
And let out a pitiful sob.


Now in a frame of gold is the beautiful child
That hangs on my living room wall
No trace of her old presence is left behind
​Forgiveness can change it all.
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​Erase Me From Your Mind – by Gayle Copp Steeves
Pretend I never happened
Erase me from your mind.
You won’t want to remember
Any love as cold as mine.

I looked up into his blue eyes
I smiled at him and said
Don’t fall in love with me
I will break your heart instead.

It is much too soon for happiness
My heart needs time to mend.
There are so many changes
I wish my old life back again.

I know I can’t return
To the life I lived before.
It’s funny how a death can change
Your life forever more. 

I know that you are angry
For the things I cannot do
But will you try to understand
If I could – I would love you.

I’ll be leaving in the morning
For a life I hope to find.
I wonder if you will think of me
Or if I will ever cross your mind.

The seasons of life pass quickly
There are many things we have learned
I truly understand love can’t live
When love is not returned. 


On cold nights when stars are bright
I look up to the sky
A part of you remains with me
Because good memories never die.

I wipe away the tear drops
That fall softly from my eyes
I know I really hurt you
But honestly I tried.

Pretend I never happened
Erase me from your mind
You won’t want to remember
​Any love as cold as mine. 


​Familiarity Breeds Content - by Lunamuse 2023
Hey, Cat, you look familiar.
You give me pause to ponder.
I bet your nine lives have tales of wonder, about your days of plunder, 
when you escaped your escapades by just a whisker.
There’s a saying - leopards don’t change their spots, nor tigers their stripes.
Is it the same for you,
felis catus?
What are you thinking when you climb the trellis,
or creep through the lettuce, or, when we try to touch you, you deign to let us?
What are you feeling when you try to get us, with a rush and a pounce
​and a grab, bared teeth and bare claws, clutching our naked ankles?
Nature gave you a little vibrato machine, and put it in your throat.
It’s perfectly tuned to make a human swoon.
That’s all we need to have, and all we need to know, to scoop you up and bring you home. 
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To submit your own works of poetry please submit it to the editor by email at [email protected] or mail it to Connecting Albert County, 8 Forestdale Rd., Riverside-Albert, NB, E4H 3Y7. ​
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