ALCookwriter
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Joined: May 2021 Last seen: 1 month ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

BERLIN WALL (1961-1989) Over and under and through the Wall they came, parched with a thirst they couldn't quench. Tunneling, flying, leaping, crawling, hidden in car seats and carts, determined to wrench themselves free from tyranny's stench. Oppressed, tortured,... – *by Alan Cook*	47 Views added 2 months ago	Rating
First Date "Look what the postman brought," you told me afterward you said as I walked by your window, bleary-eyed from want of bed. Kind words, and kinder still the cup of coffee that you gave me to clear up my fuzzy head, the product of my last free... – *by Alan Cook*	64 Views added 1 year ago	Rating
Love Through the Ages When we first harnessed fire and lived in a cave, And animal skins were in fashion, You were my woman and I was your slave, For I loved you with a passion. So I gave you pelts and shiny stones, And flowers for your hair; You made me a... – *by Alan Cook*	45 Views added 1 year ago	Rating
Screen Door "Don't slam the screen door!" Bang! Too late for that green door. Outside, the hot summer evening's calling, promising eternal youth. Baseball, tag, hide-and-go-seek. Racing, jumping, wrestling, falling, running away from growing up.... – *by Alan Cook*	18 Views added 3 years ago	Rating