Category Archives: Poetry

From New Years Eve 2011

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Tom Bolton

Re-posting a poem from two years ago:    A Divine Intervention, New Years Eve So close, so close, these women and men, close to me in this tiny lounge in this huge, huge Church building, this small, fragile church people, … Continue reading →

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On Word, Law and Life: Y Why?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Y. Yet I cry; Search for Me Yet I cry for your help, as I come to you open-palmed, yearning to understand your words, even as I struggle; Yelling my questions to you in my mind’s eye, your word is … Continue reading →

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Marie, Recalled

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Tom Bolton

 Marie, Recalled And in the midst of days filled and anxious, and focused on things, there came word of Marie. And I recall the enthusiasm of first meeting, and the sincerity and immediate connection. I recall loyalty and diligence, a … Continue reading →

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Again Transformed

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Tom Bolton

I am again repeating a post from 2012. I am on vacation this week, and I do not plan to post new material until I return to Milwaukee. Sunshine, Transformed As the sun climbed over my eyes this morning, My … Continue reading →

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H U N G E R

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Tom Bolton

I am repeating a poem from last August. I Hunger Away from the paths I usually walk, I hunger. My mind clear, grains green all around me, I open my heart, my mind, my soul today. Fill me up. (C) … Continue reading →

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Eternal

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Tom Bolton

John left yesterday, but as he left, Still in Young Days found again, He asked for God to help him. And as I miss John, I know today, We’ll meet again, John and me, in a better place, and We … Continue reading →

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Voice from the Past

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Tom Bolton

To Hear Her Voice Again I was fourteen when first I heard her voice less regularly. She was away more months at a time, and Her voice then was brittle and softly sad. Her voice frightened me too often, and … Continue reading →

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