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  Tim Tipton was first seduced by the craft of poetry when he read the "Panther" by Rainier Marie Rilke. He has written poetry that has been featured in ART/LIFE, Askew, The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, and the on-line journal poeticdiversity. Tim is a graduate of California State University of Northridge where he received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He also received a degree in Substance Abuse counseling.
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What I Want to Do |
for Andre Levi
I asked myself what do I do when you know
a friend is dying?
This is all I can think of to do
What I want to do is turn the clock back.
What I want to do is to go back in time
What I want to do is to reach inside and
take out what is bad and make you well again
I can’t do that
All I can do is remember our times together.
The color of the sun beating down on us as
we walked up State Street, Santa Barbara at 7 P.M.
My shadow among yours, the cold air
of the Pacific wind blowing
against our faces driving out to Ojai, traveling a dark road
I want to remember how you smiled
I want to remember how you made me
laugh when you whispered in my ear something
comical
I want to remember that I love you
How I valued your friendship
I want to remember all that we gave to each
other so freely and graciously
This is all I what to do
copyright 2020
Tim Tipton |
