Song for Guillaume (D. Crommie)
It’s almost autumn of the
year
It is almost autumn of the
year
Summer is nearly gone
And what was once so near to
me
I can only admire from afar
I can only admire from afar
Let me feel the heart of
The land beating strong
For when the grey winter
comes
And my garden falls asleep
I’ll write this poem of
growing love
And I’ll sing this song
As seas of growing grasses
Waving in late august heat
Revere the changing winds
And Indian summers rhapsodize
Of our growing love, I’ll
write this poem
To our growing love I’ll sing
this song
Summer Dresses (D. Crommie)
In the cool of the evening
After dizzy heat of day
Summer dresses – fields of
color
Along country lanes they sway
Caught in the bustle and rush
Leave the hustle of the fray
Summer dresses – fields of
color
Down busy streets a-sway
Autumn dresses in fiery
fleece
Winter coated in solemn grey
Spring dressed in new green
satin
Summer gowns florid cotton
sway
I’m fat and I am happy
Breast-fed watercolor dusk
Motherland of motherlands
My eyes satisfied thus
In the cool of the evening
After dizzy heat of day
Summer dresses – fields of
color
Along country lanes they sway
Autumn dresses in fiery
fleece
Winter coated in solemn grey
Spring dressed in new green
satin
Summer gowns florid cotton
sway
Preston Cottage (D. Crommie)
Let’s make haste to Preston
cottage
Take my hand, we’ll walk the
road
Last we met cherries were in
bloom
Now sun is high, they’re
laden with fruit
After tea we’ll tour the
garden
And it’s so good to see you
again
Flicker & lilac in
whispering zephyr
Woven together on a filigreed
page
You’ve lived alone simply, so
content
Tending the roses, minding
the mint
I’ll remember you when sun is
low
Shadows long, with pen in
hand
Let’s make haste to Preston
water
Take my hand down the dusty
road
Tonight we’ll gaze at starry
heavens
Bible & candle in
moon-lit sky
When Your World Comes
Tumbling Down (D. Crommie)
Where will you sleep
When you can’t stop to rest
And who will break your fall
As you stumble from the crest
When your world comes
tumbling down
Where will you flee to
When blind injustice calls
And where will you hide this
time
When your team is backed
against the wall
When your world comes
tumbling down
Who will you finger
When plans don’t go as
planned
And just who will you attack
When your foes have all been
damned
When your world comes
tumbling down
Did you remember the ones
Who never had far to fall
And forget the faces of
players
Who never had the ball
When your world comes
tumbling down
Cobwebs (D. Crommie)
Hello again my friend
I’ve come again to take your
memories
Quietly to hallowed Hades
Cobwebs stretching cell to
cell
Occupy your personal hell
One look inside reveals
Years of woeful neglect
Grimace as all your thoughts
collect
Cobwebs stretch from side to
side
Reveal the sum of all you
hide
Farewell life, farewell
Adieu to what once was
Crows circle over us
Cobwebs reach up to the sky
And spirited away we’ll fly
