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Lily and the Pianist 1962.

A Poem by Terry Collett

She listened as the boy played the piano, his fingers ran across the keyboard so swift, so smooth, his head tilted slightly, his body moved slowly as ..

Where Is Light?

A Poem by Terry Collett

Where is that light?I see only the dark,and the heavy cloudspromising rain and storms.Where the peace and love?I hear only of warand conflict, blood r..

Here They Come.

A Poem by Terry Collett

Here they come,the old soldiers,over the hill in ghostly form,bearing arms,but like shadowsand echoes after a storm.My distant cousin thereamongst the..

Mary and New Job 1965

A Poem by Terry Collett

The job at the hospital didn’t last you long, your slowness and lack of zeal and utter boredom meant you left and went in search of a new job. Y..

Nima One Summer Day 1967

A Poem by Terry Collett

Summer was coming over the hills,the sky was a bright bluewith dabs of white clouds,created seeminglyby childrenwith innocent brushes.She sighed at th..

The Greenhills.

A Poem by Terry Collett

He ate like a child. She watched him, tried not to stare too much, he lifted the spoon, but food fell down into the bowl, he seemed aware, but merely ..

Eddie a Watcher 1948.

A Poem by Terry Collett

The man stood on the platform of the underground station, his finger moving along the underground map on the wall. Eddie kept his distance, kept his e..

Lily and Sanity 1961.

A Poem by Terry Collett

She tasted the sandwich,the bread and the contents,that slight bitterness,that tang that remainedlong after having eaten.The mug of teaof boiled tea d..

Cynara's Note # 38 1972.

A Poem by Terry Collett

The first day of the new year today, but it was just as awful as last year. Same old locked ward, same old nurses, same quack. I ate the so-called spe..

Molly and Her Other Self 1976.

A Poem by Terry Collett

A murderer and mentally disabled woman and the shrink 1976