ALCookwriter's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by ALCookwriter  —  There are currently 4 poems total — keep up the great work!

BERLIN WALL (1961-1989)

Over and under and through the Wall they came,
parched with a thirst they couldn't quench.
Tunneling, flying, leaping, crawling, hidden
in car seats and carts, determined to wrench
themselves free from tyranny's stench.

Oppressed, tortured,...

– by Alan Cook

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First Date

"Look what the postman brought,"
you told me afterward you said
as I walked by your window,
bleary-eyed from want of bed.
Kind words, and kinder still
the cup of coffee that you gave
me to clear up my fuzzy head,
the product of my last free...

– by Alan Cook

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added 1 year ago
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Love Through the Ages

When we first harnessed fire and lived in a cave,
And animal skins were in fashion,
You were my woman and I was your slave,
For I loved you with a passion.

So I gave you pelts and shiny stones,
And flowers for your hair;
You made me a...

– by Alan Cook

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Screen Door

"Don't slam the screen door!"
Bang! Too late for that green door.
Outside, the hot summer evening's calling,
promising eternal youth.
Baseball, tag, hide-and-go-seek.
Racing, jumping, wrestling, falling,
running away from growing up....

– by Alan Cook

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added 3 years ago
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