JoffreEssley

"I look into his face, my vision blurred by love This little one is surely a gift from God above Who is he that he has come so small, so young, so meek Why do the angels praise him, this little one so ..."

"Fair and SweetOh love, your kisses dear, are sweet like honeyed wineAnd with your words, such words, you’ve gained this heart of mineWhen you touch me, how you touch me, with touches fair and fineWith..."

"Three seasons of hope Always anticipating Spring comes - life breaks forthA haiku I put into an office congratulations card for a new baby that arrived in April Written October 19th, 2001 © on Oct 19..."

"Sally laughed and the boys ran, running to be near her. Sally laughed as Sally can. No boy held her dearer. Sally smiled and we all sighed, content with her attention, but when she left 'twas me that..."

"Still, a hush of death Anticipates the winter Frost shrouds the garden Written October 31st, 2001 © on Oct 31 2001 01:37 AM PST   0 • 10"

"Wind whipped and stinging But I have felt other storms Rage against my soul Written October 31st, 2001 © on Oct 31 2001 01:39 AM PST   10 • 0"

"Moonlight casts shadows, Soft and frail, fearing the day. I, too, am shadow. Written October 31st, 2001 © on Oct 31 2001 01:43 AM PST   10 • 0"

"The moon knows the truth. Our shadows became as one. Tonight they are two. Written October 31st, 2001 © on Oct 31 2001 01:44 AM PST   10 • 0"

"Two fields share a fence. Frosts heave stones and they are one. Then two farmers come.This really does mean something, but I refuse to explain it. I'd be interested in hearing your interpretations. W..."

""For your ambitious mercy" I mocked their God above "did blood flow down upon me when you gave your life for love?" His answer came in silence A calling in my soul No sin, no shame, no violence But..."

"Sleep, sleep;sleep and rest;know your mother's heart beatand the softness of her breast.Hurry not, stay your pace;close your eyes and grow.The world's a blur, and much a race;let this day go slow.Slow..."

"Give him his due, this dawn is punctual And for all his art, he's very functional But, alas, he suffers this sad fate Never, never to rise late. Written November 20th, 2001 © on Nov 20 2001 12:00 PM ..."

"Your smile came obliquely, from the corner of your eye, and your greeting came so meekly that it caught me by surprise I thought that love would come with a thunder and a boom. Who would suspect a qu..."

"I could not understand, they played the dirge so slow. What man is this, that once stood tall, that death had brought so low. They must have loved him much, their weeping is so loud, and yet seems st..."

"Repetition, Repetition, Repetition Over and over again Rolling ever over Will this never end?This is strictly a word play. I was having fun with repeating words and the poem flowed out naturally. I ..."

"Metronome, metronome sounding so regular drive the beat, drive the beat keep it on schedularMore word play. I've never really enjoyed poems where you have to force a word to sound a way it doesn't wa..."

"Where smiles go when last they leave their perch, or hope, when last it leaves the ghost to die, know I not, yet vainly I'd go in search through all the thickets of despair, if I could penetrate the f..."

"The errant smile charmed me unawares her laughter and her words secured the silken snares and caught so unwittingly I had not the thought to shake me free but lingered in the euphoric stupor her look..."

"I put the knife up to my heart, and would have driven through, but was delayed by memories of hope, of life, of you And yet each fond remembrance was met by bitter thought 'til at hell's welcoming en..."

"Christmas greetings from the Essley home Christmas warmth from a Christmas tome. Warmth from your floor to your rafters above and flowing over to all you love. May your wassail be hot, and your puddin..."

"Winter was in the wind on that well-remembered night, biting cold, it pricked the skin, but no clouds blocked the light For an omen had arisen long before, and now hung still, above the valley floor. ..."

"So I hear you are turning two today I highly recommend it, and if I could repeat that age, with you I'd gladly spend it. We'd laugh and romp and giggle and play, and sigh at the moonlight, and rejoic..."

"To hear a heart within a breast to know that heart beat from the rest to feel at home within these arms to love the freshness of their charms This is the joy I feel with you The wearing of the old mer..."

"Skin of dusk and eyes of night Full of fire, and filled with light Indian maid of the prairie hills Sweet flower of the bluestem hills From your garden walled without To a world of sin and doubt b..."

"The blood has dried upon the cross The miracles have faded We seek fulfillment without loss And all our dreams are jaded While God, who sits outside of time Cries for our ravaged land. He draws us, p..."

"All around me clanging commerce. Busy hands race across the page. Cacophony beating out its jumbled verse, and for their souls a wage. I sit quiet and reflecting, cherry petals in my palm. Without, t..."