Divides

Eric M. VogtCopyright 2013

Eric M. Vogt
Copyright 2013

The low divides we dare not cross,
all that we’ve loved, all that we’ve lost,
the confidence of closest friend,
the spirit of a heart in mend,
a lifted eye t’ward that not ours,
bed of fragile, wilted flowers,
a gate that’s locked fast from inside,
the undertow of fickle tide,
the mind and heart of one we love
and memories that aren’t enough.

Eric M. Vogt
Copyright 2013

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18 Comments

  1. I was Lily’d here as well. marvelously written..

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  2. Was referred here by one of Lily’s posts. Must say she has good taste in poetry.
    Liked your poem “Divide” a lot.
    Paul

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  3. Do you think that I could write a quick article about this poem of yours, and link back to it? I’ve come back to read it a couple times and really admire it!

    Lily

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  4. I am really impressed by this poem, wonderful work :)

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  5. Hi fellow writer!

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  6. Some nice images here, and great meter. Good one, Eric!

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  7. this is so amazing, heart piercing!

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    Eric M. Vogt retired from the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons as an educator and law enforcement officer in 2011. He has published the poems "To Home" (Minas Tirith Evening Star, 1985), "An Elven Princess" (Minas Tirith Evening Star, 1986), "Simpleness" (American Poetry Anthology, 1987), "Within a Dream" (Taj Mahal Review, 2008), "The Mountain" (Taj Mahal Review, 2008) and "Last Letter to Wilson's Creek" (The Ozarks Mountaineer, 2012) Eric published a non-fiction work entitled "Terrorists in Prison: The Challenge Facing Corrections" (Inside Homeland Security, 2007). In 2013 he published his first collection of poems entitled LETTERS TO LARA. His second poetry collection, PATHS AND POOLS TO PONDER, soon followed. Also in 2013, Eric published a non-fiction book entitled TERRORISTS WITHIN OUR WALLS The Principles of Correctional Counterterrorism (all books above available on amazon.com and its affiliates across the world as well as barnesandnoble.com). He resides in Missouri with his two Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Sissy Longstreet and Jack the Crackerjack Welshman.

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