Donald Meikle : Writing

Skirlin'

Skirlin'

A Poem by Donald Meikle


Bagpipes screaming to my heart of freedomSkirling in the corners of my soulTelling with the shivers shaking in meShuddering through to keep me standin..
Clotter

Clotter

A Poem by Donald Meikle


Some times are sometimes too personal to keep They clutch and seize and squeeze so hard To drip out into wild untamed life Unheeded consequences W..
Nether

Nether

A Poem by Donald Meikle


Words without paper In fancy fonts Needless heedless thoughts Deleted or pasted Used to enhance Pleasures or pain Take precious time to Hol..
Whispers

Whispers

A Poem by Donald Meikle


Whispering into late Summer breezes At a need to heed volume That strains the ears of listeners Others, busily living at frantic pace Cannot and w..
A Thank You Note

A Thank You Note

A Poem by Donald Meikle


An ode to poets who have been Then stop to spend their time Exposing what their souls have seen Encasing them in rhyme To see a black and yellow..
Was

Was

A Poem by Donald Meikle


Day dreamin' Sippin' Slippin' Into mellow musin' Safe in the knowledge no one's lookin' Or listenin' Able to fly an' wing it. Alone Wonderin' ..
Her Mom

Her Mom

A Poem by Donald Meikle


She went before her Red Sox won it all She hardly missed a game. She marveled at her daughter's gardens She never saw a humming bird I still drink..
Morning sunsteps

Morning sunsteps

A Poem by Donald Meikle


a lilting reverberation of dancing leaves in Summer breeze.As shadowy figures shine and disappear in waving treesSquinting eyes search to find a screa..
Reflective deflections

Reflective deflections

A Poem by Donald Meikle


To sit, alone. in quiet contemplation. Ignored by passing breeze of rain. Rolling down un-feeling cheeks, Into tired and wrinkly nape of sodden nec..
 Edges

Edges

A Story by Donald Meikle


Out here on the edges, such a longer way away. Wishing some and wondering, when I'd like to stay. There's nothing' like a memory to make you wish fo..