Poem of the Day

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I Need To Walk

I need to walk each morning

because there’s a horse that waits for me to rubs its nose,

though whether I stay five minutes or an hour,

I can never rub away its loneliness.

I need to walk

so I can talk to a white dog that prowls in endless circles,

forever haunted by a chain,

that cuts us both.

Bill’s latest book is the junior novel The Simple Things, published by Allen & Unwin in March, 2014.

8 thoughts on “Poem of the Day”

June 12, 2014 at 10:49 am Kaye Baillie says:

A poem of kindness and sadness. Moving.

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June 12, 2014 at 11:20 am Bridh Hancock says:

I like it. It is real, is it not.
I have not written such.

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June 12, 2014 at 12:26 pm have2have1 says:

Thank you, Bill. This has heart and soul. I would love to have read another verse, perhaps slipped between the two. Beautiful.

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June 12, 2014 at 12:29 pm Vivienne Nicoll-Hatton says:

Dear ACP

This one touched my heart. Thanks, Bill.

Cheers Viv

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June 12, 2014 at 1:53 pm Margaret Wolfe says:

I love this Bill. Poignant.
Margaret x

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June 12, 2014 at 11:21 pm triciasimmons says:

Love the poem. So much said in so few words.

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June 13, 2014 at 12:14 am Anne Bell says:

Oh…Bill..I know how the three of you felt.

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June 15, 2014 at 8:05 am Helen Boelens says:

I can see it all before me! Wonderful memories.

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