Posts Tagged ‘hurting’
July 11, 2019
An adm’rals daughter,/
she still slept ‘neath bridges ’til/
she got herself straight.
Tags:admiral's daughter, CyranoWriter, daddy's girl, Emotional poetry, father's love, get straight, haiku, hurting, Kuhns, living in integrity, revolutionary poetry, sleeping beneath bridges, tough love, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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July 3, 2019
My oldest son had to have his feisty little rescue dog, Veruca, put down today. He said “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” As a Dad (who also loved and appreciated her), I’ve had a surprising amount of sorrow. (Even now, it’s hard to post through all my tears). These poems reflect my feelings.

Why No Dogs
My son,
now a dad,
has to put down
his good old dog today.
Now I understand
why I,
as a dad,
never wanted to have dogs
when my kids were growing up.
Saying goodbye
is just
too damn hard.
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Dog Gone Hidden Crying
If I go take a/
shower no one can see the/
sad tears I’m crying.
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I’m Proud of You, Son
We all can avoid/
doing what we should./
It takes a real man/
to do the hard things.
Or, in haiku form:
We can all avoid/
doing what we should. Only/
real men do hard things.
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Not What I’d Wish For Any Dog
His dog was put down./
All said: “Rest” In Peace, but that’s/
not what I’d wish. “RUN!“
Tags:a boy and his dog, a real man, all dogs go to Heaven, crying, CyranoWriter, dog, dog life, doing hard things, emotion, Emotional poetry, good dog, heartache, hurting, Not Rest in Peace, Poetic Lament, real man, rip, Run In Peace, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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June 9, 2019
They are gone, all gone.
First two, then all. Our great joy
turns into sorrow.
Tags:chicken coop, CyranoWriter, dead chicken, Emotional poetry, empty coop, farm life, fresh eggs, haiku, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, racoon, revolutionary poetry, rural life, sorrow, weasel, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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May 25, 2019
Alone again.
Or is it alone,
still.
I know I should be independent,
and yet
I honestly
don’t want to be
totally.
We all have busy lives,
and we all need to respect
and give space
to others
we care for
and about.
Yes, and,
I guess I need
to learn how
to do that.
The reality is
I haven’t yet.
I expect those
I care about
to care about
the same things
I care about;
to be interested
in the same things
I’m interested in,
even if the timing
is not right.
I suppose
that’s selfish
of me.
I just had
different expectations.
And now I have to learn
to deal
with those dashed dreams
and expectations.
The expectations
that everything we did
or everything that one of us
wanted to do
would be
something that
we both wanted
to do.
But that’s not
the way it is.
The real bet is
that there’s just
not always the interest.
That we don’t
always want to walk
that yellow brick road
dressed like Buddy Holly.
(Oooh, oooh!)
I didn’t have time
before
to turn and
face the strange.
But now,
with these ch ch ch changes
I’m goin’ through,
even though things are
gonna get done,
even though there will always be
someone like her
even though the thrift shop trips
may be more efficient,
I don’t want
blue to be my color.
Tags:all about you, alone again, CyranoWriter, dashed dreams, Emotional poetry, expecation, expectations, heart, hurting, Kuhns, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Real Betis, revolutionary poetry, Riberbend, Suffering, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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December 3, 2018
It might be time I/
stop guessing what gifts I should/
give. I’m not that good.
OR:
It might be time to/
stop guessing what gifts to give./
Seems I’m not that good.
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When you’ve blown someone/
away with a gift, it’s hard/
to ever repeat.
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Folks should know: When they’re/
not enthused getting gifts, the /
source dries up quickly.
Tags:1st Christmas, Christmas, Christmas gift, CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, gift giving, gift giving fail, giving gifts, haiku, Hanukkah, honest reaction, hurting, I thought I was a good gift giver, Kuhns, love language, money works I guess, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, so much for Christmas fun, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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May 20, 2018
Torn tendons. Torqued back./
Bruised wrist. Blisters. Bad eyes. Scouts,/
yard work, or marriage?
Tags:Boy Scouts, bruised body, busted up body, CyranoWriter, falling apart, haiku, hurt, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, marriage, old age, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, too young to be this old, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com, yard work
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May 10, 2018
She heaved a deep sigh/
and said her guy liked that “stuff”./
He’s sad ‘midst treasures.

Tags:daisy, Emotional poetry, haiku, he thought she did, hidden treasures, hurting, keep treasures to himself, Kuhns, lawn care, let it grow, liking stuff, Nature's Guys, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, poppy, rhyme scheme, rhyming haiku, wildflower, wildflowers, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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April 26, 2018
My early life seemed always
to play the same old song.
I lived a decades-long phase
where I was told “You’re wrong.”
Everything I did or said
was corrected or changed.
It at last went to my head.
I felt foolish and deranged.
In my effort to change my life
I took another way.
I dumped corrective strife.
It seemed foolish to stay.
Now I see the truth of my strange and weird way:
I’m at last honest. Now I must be certain of what I say.
Tags:be certain, be correct, blogging sonnet, corrected, CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, fact check, haiku, here I go again, honest, hurting, I left, I should have corrected me, Kuhns, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, rhyme, rhyme scheme, self correction, sonnet, speak, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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March 18, 2018
There are truths which need/
to be said, for your sake, but/
kept private for hers.
Tags:be quiet, blogging poem, CyranoWriter, don't hurt others, don't publish everything, Emotional poetry, haiku, hurting, Kuhns, pain, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, speak the truth, truth, truth hurts, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com, you don't need to hurt
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March 17, 2018
She’s deep in her phone/
at sunset. Pink Floyd plays: “How/
I wish you were here.”
Tags:CyranoWriter, deep in her phone, Emotional poetry, haiku, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, looking down, missing sunset, no connection, no discussion, Pink Floyd, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, wish you were here, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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