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NO TEARS ON MY PILLOW (I'm not cryin' for you) by Robert Davidson. I pictured our love like a rainbow Arching right o'er the land, But you never held it Never touched with your hand. Ooh. I won't fall apart Might be sighin' it's true But you won't ever be seein' The red eyes of a broken heart. For ...

'NIGHTMARE WORLD' by Robert Davidson Hanging on my wall beside my bed Self-mutilation Brings things into perspective My hand broken from punching the wall I hurt myself to ease the pain So deep into my throbbing mind I need to get it out Tears of blood fall and shatter on my window Like drops of gl...

BLUEBEARD is a famous French folk-tale about a man who has murdered six of his wives. In most version Bluebeard's seventh wife is rescued in the nick of time by her two brothers. In my version BLUEBEARD'S WOMAN, she neatly resolves her dilemma in her own unique way. BLUEBEARD'S WOMAN by ROBERT DAVI...

Some quite convolutive ideas revolving here regarding the eternal problems of communication and of 'fitting in'. A clever poem enjoyable to read.

Robert Davidosn.

You have painted a good picture here - realistic in its rich descriptions and
surrealistic in its blurred boundaries. I could visualise it all.

Robert Davidson.

‘YOUR HEART LIKE A WINTER NIGHT.’ By Robert Davidson. You passed me by Didn’t speak, didn’t smile Going off with an angry head toss You left me ‘neath the cold moon light Your heart like a winter night. I phoned to you Write letters, no reply Take back those words unkind, I implore. You turned from...

You have presented an ideal solution to all our social ills. Kylie's cleft being symbolic of a divided social Age.

Robert Davidson.

'LOVING, EVER LOVING YOU.' by Robert Davidson. I still dream of what I lost I feel once more the lonely hurt and pain; Loving, ever loving you My own fond love does yet remain. You moved on with your life Found a new love, one who made you smile; Loving, ever loving you I still pine, crying all the...

A delightful ditty that's terribly witty.

Robert Davidson.

Derek,

Most of us are divided selves in a sense that where a part of us seems to bound forward, and yet at the same time, we feel something is holding us back. And it's worse when we feel it's one step forward and two steps back. But your poem was an intelligent read.

Robert Davidson.

Yes, you're right, imprisonment does dehumanise rather than reform. And summary justice like you've described can rebound on the doer. But a very thoughtful and entertaining poem.

Robert Davidson.

You show a great knowledge of human history and of our philosophical place in it, ranging from Biblical times to our own day. An immensely enjoyable read and one I imagine would be eminently performable.

Robert Davidson.

Derek, We are all subject to the tyranny of time, and I often think it is our greatest tragedy that we can never go back and correct our mistakes. Time, as you say, turns us all to dust in the end, except for the artistry we leave behind as in our poems, etc., A very thought-provoking poem. Robert D...

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Often we are lost in a labyrinthine wilderness and cannot find our way, except as you say by intuitively following our own individual voice. And that surely is the way of most poets. I've enjoyed reading your poem immensely.

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[b][color=darkblue][/color][size=18][/size] THE PRINCESS IN A SEA-GIRT TOWER by Robert Davidson. A princess stood in a sea-girt tower With face innocent, moon-pale and fair, A sly smile kindled brightly in her eyes As she gave me look for look so rare. Sleeping Beauty awaits the husband kiss, Such s...

DON'T EVER MESS WITH ME GIRL! by Robert Davidson. Don't wanna hit no all-time low Don't wanna be no broken-hearted clown; Never want no lowdown fickle woman A-turnin' my life upside down. So, if you ain't got nothin' to give, baby No genuine heart to unfurl; Then don't ever mess with me, girl Don't...

SHE STOOD IN A SHADOWED DOORWAY by Robert Davidson She stood in a shadowed doorway Awaiting the appointed time of delight Eyes mocking love as Lips of lust gleam in a moon-blanched night. She stood in a shadowed doorway When I shattered the dark with a light Claiming a fierce kiss on The porcelain ...

A MESS OF HEART-BREAK by Robert Davidson Her passing took his last spark of life Left him bereft with only his grief to bear The last bit of his heart's dream was taken - A love portion so precious and rare. A mess of heart-break Not told in words but in sobs I miss her so bad Intense is my cry as m...

'NIGHTMARE WORLD' by Robert Davidson Hanging on my wall beside my bed Self-mutilation Brings things into perspective My hand broken from punching the wall I hurt myself to ease the pain So deep into my throbbing mind I need to get it out Tears of blood fall and shatter on my window Like drops of gla...

DROP ON MY HEART A ROSE by Robert Davidson My voice breaks against those lips of thine, Before I leave for war I humbly plea Let me love you gently your first time As dumb-tongued my love to you expose. And then I'll return to thee once more To bring to thy heart a rose. I long to merge myself in yo...