Open Book
/Inspired by accounts of Mark Twain…
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… a pistol to my head
And as I slowly squeezed the trigger, saw
an open book on my bedside…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreWriting Gallery
Poetry’s Illumination
/… through its writing
Explores private doubts and pain
Illuminating the core of our spirits
And, through its …
By Mike Turner
Read MoreReflection and Observance
/…you reflect on the past
Avoid lingering on regrets
Chances not taken, goals not attained
Rather, be mindful…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreOf the Sea
/… are of the sea
Salt tang in our sweat
Our tears and our blood
Thus to the sea do we…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreButterfly/A Speck...
/…above into azure skies
I see silhouetted against ivory clouds
A dot, a speck on the wind
Moving to and fro against the cottony…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreAbsolute Power
/…corrupt absolutely
As rot in wormwood
Yielding terrorized screams
Of those who cannot…
By Mike Turner
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