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A new poem today. There will be few new poems published on the blog over the coming months while I am preparing revised editions of my poetry collections for publication online (as print poetry publishers never seem to be interested in volumes that include gay-interest material).
Although my prostate cancer is under control for now, it will catch up with me one of these days and I would like people to be able to access my poetry since I suspect the blog may eventually disappear from the Internet. The British Library continues to archive my poetry blogs, but these will only be of any interest to serious researchers. Meanwhile, feel free to explore either or both blog archives and I will continue to carry some of these over from time to time, with the occasional new poem as and when time and inspiration permit.
HUGS, and many thanks for supporting the blog,
Roger
WARNED OFF
You said you loved me
and I so wanted
to believe you, but they warned me
that gay men don't do love
You said you needed me
and it felt so good
to be needed, but they warned me
that gay men don't do love
I felt safe in your arms
and so wanted
to stay, but my head kept telling me
that gay men don't do love
I dreamed of a you-me-us
and it felt so right,
but they warned me it could never be
since gay men don't do love
We shared an embrace
and I had to man up,
go for it (do or die) prove it for a lie,
that gay men don't do love
You said you loved me
and I dared the same,
as we set out to expose it for a fallacy
that gay men don't do love
Time, it was against us,
and parting us now,
but not before we'd shown each other
gay men can love, and how!
Parted, and yet not so
in a living dream
of past-present-future, everywhere I go
since we loved each other so
Copyright R. N. Taber 2019
A new poem today. There will be few new poems published on the blog over the coming months while I am preparing revised editions of my poetry collections for publication online (as print poetry publishers never seem to be interested in volumes that include gay-interest material).
Although my prostate cancer is under control for now, it will catch up with me one of these days and I would like people to be able to access my poetry since I suspect the blog may eventually disappear from the Internet. The British Library continues to archive my poetry blogs, but these will only be of any interest to serious researchers. Meanwhile, feel free to explore either or both blog archives and I will continue to carry some of these over from time to time, with the occasional new poem as and when time and inspiration permit.
HUGS, and many thanks for supporting the blog,
Roger
WARNED OFF
You said you loved me
and I so wanted
to believe you, but they warned me
that gay men don't do love
You said you needed me
and it felt so good
to be needed, but they warned me
that gay men don't do love
I felt safe in your arms
and so wanted
to stay, but my head kept telling me
that gay men don't do love
I dreamed of a you-me-us
and it felt so right,
but they warned me it could never be
since gay men don't do love
We shared an embrace
and I had to man up,
go for it (do or die) prove it for a lie,
that gay men don't do love
You said you loved me
and I dared the same,
as we set out to expose it for a fallacy
that gay men don't do love
Time, it was against us,
and parting us now,
but not before we'd shown each other
gay men can love, and how!
Parted, and yet not so
in a living dream
of past-present-future, everywhere I go
since we loved each other so
Copyright R. N. Taber 2019
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