Poems

(First published in The Raven’s Perch) And then there are the harbors always waiting for us Seemingly blocked, but in reality Reminding us we have the key and must use it Your legs are poised, your harbor is ready and waiting The shoals remain yet for the wise captain, The water flows just right Yes,

(Published in The Raven’s Perch) The capture of the morning is yours when you look. It settles my uncertainty. It tells me who I am. It makes the fog genuflect to open a pathway inside.    Morning dances, with a melody still forming. The dreams of last night compete to bring the newer smile to

 (Published in The Raven’s Perch) The day and I told them it would be bad But they scoffed and refused to believe They insisted on doing things their foolish way Proving they were war zone plebes   So, hours after we were cleared and supposed to traverse the lone gate letting all in They finally

Soloists in a Choir — December 23, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri It just happens like this It really does the spark is struck, you get consumed and then there is nothing else ever in the room Two versions of love, from different corners of romance opposite sides of the street, they walk and they prance they

You Take Me — December 21, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri My sleep is a helpless competitor against the dreams of us. No matter how eager my slumber, the dreams of you grab me and command me. No matter how deep the sleep, you enter my mind and take control. I wake at this moment thick and

I thought you could not be more beautiful. and then you were — December 18 © 2017/TomSquitieri I thought you could not be more beautiful. and then you were The holiday spirits are in awe The swirl of beauty, the scent of the season It is clear the radiance I saw Your eyes are better

November 28 Grasp me with your breathe Draw patterns on my face Hold me with your smile Wrap around me in our space Turn on our shower of smiles Make sure our finger tips touch Trace your finger up my leg I can never have you too much Here and now and then tomorrow as

Of Course, November 16, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri Bright, crisp fresh the morning brings My smile sleeps well as my dreams so sing And then the noise of you is there to touch my heart, my legs, my hair Oh now the smile awake so wide as the eyes remind you are at my side the

The Series Continues, Oct. 21, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri   It’s two hours until cocktails, and we barely can wait the gimlets will be perfectly spicey but we are enthralled in just looking and smiling our love together no longer dicey   We have thrown away the calendar We decide which season is here For this

Our baby will have brown hair, of course, Oct. 11, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri Our baby will have brown hair, of course Of this I am quite clear it will shimmer and glow, be envied and be bright and mesmerize from there to here Our baby will have a melting smile, of course between a devil

As I Wait For You To Be Ready, Oct. 10, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri The stillness now camouflages the fire the wind picks up on the summer heat all morning there will be swirl and whirl soon, it just is not clear when but when it comes, the day will be robust and real, strong and

T is for teeshirt and Tom — September 13 © 2017/TomSquitieri Summer never really ends, the weather just cools down so now just now take a tee shirt of mine to wear when you are around it’s all you need, at most, with me to keep you warm at night for if you chill, see