heartbeats on display

allegro

The boy was bouncing,

hopping, jumping,

he was on the move,

kids make their world a motion,

an energy,

a swirl,

they test their arms,

and legs,

and fingers,

and their voices,

and their faces,

and ways to look around

and through their spaces,

and sounds that are new words

in their worlds,

they do not share

their racing thoughts,

but they put their heartbeats on display,

their disporting has no end.

Do you remember that part of you

is a child?

Will you let that part of you

bounce with joy?

Your inner child wants to jump,

now.

March 28, 2026

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The Reader (Der Vorleser)

Not just a rehash of WWII…

by Bernhard Schlink

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In other words: Poems for your eyes and ears with 64 free verse and haiku poems,

and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)

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