Poetry

  • 6. Missing You at Three

    6. Missing You at Three

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    From Parting Strengthens Poetry (1996) Sparkle in my eyes:Your face has come to mind.Missing you at three is nice,Your laugh, your smile, your arms to hold.Our love is grown in solitudes.I linger for the harvest-time,but parting strengthens poetry.Missing you at four is nice… Composed March 20, 1996, 10:37 a.m by Mark Feezell / DrFeezell.comIncluded in […] Read more…

  • 7. I Give No Thing

    7. I Give No Thing

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    From Parting Strengthens Poetry (1996) No pretty words, flowers, roses,candles drunk and reeling on their wax,no saucy sentiment, formless lies —None for my love I give.No ever-sweet, sap-clod fake,— over-sweet is poison to the core —no helpless love, hopeless love,None for my love I give.No ocean-eyes, passion, mists,— sandy shore is sandy shore is sandy […] Read more…

  • 1. Goodbye

    1. Goodbye

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    From Songs of Consonants (2001) draw with words when words withdraw pure paints, colors filled in with light within, without, with-up, past towering silences of waiting memory For my maternal grandfather, who died a P.O.W. in World War II Composed in 2001 by Mark Feezell / DrFeezell.comIncluded in Feezell’s poetry collection Songs of Consonants (2001) […] Read more…

  • 2. I Will Not Walk Away

    2. I Will Not Walk Away

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    From Songs of Consonants (2001) Anschluß — grip of hell i will not walk away harsh as winter is i learned to cope with cold before in the ear take a bullet my daughter will never taste no greater love* *John 15:13: Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life […] Read more…

  • 3. Strengthenings

    3. Strengthenings

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    From Songs of Consonants (2001) cold wind slapping wet walk, push, act, stand strengthenings roots are grown in winter For my maternal grandfather, who died a P.O.W. in World War II Composed in 2001 by Mark Feezell / DrFeezell.comIncluded in Feezell’s poetry collection Songs of Consonants (2001) and song cycle Songs of Consonants (2001).Dedicated to […] Read more…

  • 4. Found Jewel

    4. Found Jewel

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    From Songs of Consonants (2001) thoughts are few save steady joy found jewel yesterday came at last tomorrow washes in tide of times For my maternal grandfather, who died a P.O.W. in World War II Composed in 2001 by Mark Feezell / DrFeezell.comIncluded in Feezell’s poetry collection Songs of Consonants (2001) and song cycle Songs […] Read more…

  • King David Dances

    King David Dances

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    And still King David dances there before King David’s Son, bathed in glory washing from the Throne above all thrones above, without rebuke or shame or pause — arms, legs, head, hands, feet twirling, spinning, rushing, blurring, swirling — music — holy, worthy, wholly worthy, worthy Son — King still — and David dances there! […] Read more…

  • 1. That Stillness

    1. That Stillness

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    From A Thread of Scarlet (2024) …that stillness in the misty air: a line I heard — or said? — or read in once-upon-a-time, supposing missed and never mine, or raising eyes of weariness to miss the fleeting glimpse of bliss. Yet now with fingers numbed in cold the Dawn approaches, strangely bold, and pulling […] Read more…

  • 2. Where Now the Glory?

    2. Where Now the Glory?

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    From A Thread of Scarlet (2024) Where now the burning bush where Moses, startled, stood? Where now the brazen altar built of fine acacia wood? Or where the flaming pillar in the freezing desert night? Where now the parted waters of the people’s hasty flight? Where now the burning wheels flashing out beneath the throne? […] Read more…