The true eloquence
is in your eyes.
Don’t starve yourself
and spare your hoard.
If you badge yourself, beware
but prepare to brave
your firing squad
without blindfold or frown.
Downpours occur.
Don’t ignore life’s storms--
open your door
to the flood – and to love.
Experience becomes example
becomes expression becomes
experience
The wise carpenter
treasures the differences
between a drill
and a bolt.
Cherish your garden.
The white dandelion
of age and the red
newborn poppy
deserve equal cultivation.
Duane Vorhees is an American poet living in Thailand. Hog Press of Ames, Iowa, has published four of his poetry collections: HEAVEN, MEMORIES LINKED LIKE OASES, GIFT: GOD RUNS THROUGH ALL THESE ROOMS, and THE MANY LOVES OF DUANE VORHEES
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