Love Poems
Poems Loosely about Love
by Douglas Gilbert
Loving enough for her to stay in a war zone can get her killed. Sometimes she stays too long when leaving is best. Flowers are ugly when they serve no purpose.
War is like a Great Horned Owl. Not wise. Not kind.
Tragic things happen in love and war.
Why Did You Plant Flowers
Why did you not go
when I told you
the tanks are coming.
Why did you go
into the garden, when
I told you there are
never flowers.
I wanted to send you away
but I was too weak when
you wanted to stay with me
and I said hide, but
you wanted to plant.
Why did you not go
when I told you
the tanks are coming.
Why did you go
into the garden
where there is no rain
and a bomb
fell on you.
Douglas Gilbert, ebook: Back Door Poetry,(Amazon: ASIN : B08LQX3ZF7 ), 2019, ISBN 978-0-359-90524-9
Poet Laureate of the Primitive Planets 