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Flowers
Flowers on the floor
Flowers on the wall
Flowers fill my life
But I love them all
Flowers up and flowers down
Flowers all around
They’re all so pretty and never dull
Because they’re all beautiful
Tulips, daffodils and tiger lilies
I know it sounds silly
But they are all so pretty!
Carnations, Roses and Mums
I know it sounds dumb
But flowers are so beautiful
In all their ways
.
.
.
1986
©Patti Keno
I wrote this poem when i was 10 years old, back when i thought all poems had to rhyme. It’s not my first poem, but it’s one of my firsts. I remember when i wrote it I was inspired by my wall paper. check out the picture it was very 70s. The picture was taken before i started writing poetry though. ( i think that is when i was writing plays for my stuffed animals to perform. I wish i had some of those, but i think they are all lost.)
Fin
i miss you
my disappearing
boy
my mysterious
stranger
the other
half
to my
whole
i miss your
words
their shimmering
silence
leaves a gaping
wound
i ache for you
even though
we never
met
my disappearing
boy
why did you
disappear?
.
1/3/15
©Patti Keno
To:SMM
The 20 year goodbye
Take me
Break me
I’ve got nothing
left to give
Open me
close me
I’ve got nothing
left inside
Hold me
Scold me
I’ve got nothing
left for you
12/29/14
pik
©Patti Keno
would that i could
would that I could
erase you
would that I could
wipe you way
If I could
I would
but you creep back
into my life
you find a crack
in my armor
you find a hole
in my wall
you whisper into
my silence
you plaster yourself
upon my wall
so all I can see
is
you
would that I could
forget you
would that I could
let you
go
if I could
I would
I would
I would
Pik
7/13/09
©Patti Keno
Invisible No More 