I Cry
I cry
Because children die
While I formulate a wage and salary program.
In a far-off land
Where only hunger holds a hand
Children whimper while I write upon the sand.
The snows are gentle in my night
But cruel to the stretched-out fingers
of their fright.
Off beyond the haze
Above the tree-line of my gaze
Children stop the search for love and die.
Somewhere are leaves
that hide the sun
and rooted paths where children run
And other men who cry,
And do their work
and wonder why.
-William T. Delamar
-from Weymouth, The Saint Andrews Press, 1987
You
The wind blows leaves against my coat.
The same thought pulls inside my throat.
The sun sets through the trees
and lights the hillside,
And though I am a man, I cry
Because I know I'll not see you again.
Soon it will be night
And then I will remember
In the dark I held your hand.
-William T. Delamar
-from Voices, USG, 1979
Outside
World of clumsy clay
Spin your day.
I hear you through the distant calls
That find the way through ticking clocks
and building walls.
There is an odor too, that now and then I know;
It tells of life and age and mulch and snow.
There's something yet that needs to be set free -
A bird inside my soul that wants to fly and be;
But walls and clocks will shield me
from weather
And separate the sky from wing and feather.
-William T. Delamar
-from Scimitar and Song, Vol XXV, No. 11
A Wish Can Be
A wish can be a snowflake or a seed.
It can water the dream to succeed.
Will it melt to nothing
Or will it grow to meet the need?
-William T. Delamar
-from The Wishing Handbook
by Gloria T. Delamar, Running Press, 1999
Bill Delamar has been a shoaler since 1984. Professionally, he has
been a hospital administrator, with a writing interest. He has written
articles about hospital management and edited papers for the
American Hospital Association. He writes poetry, and is currently
working on a novel. He and his wife Glo, both serve on the board
of the Philadelphia Writer's Conference, both being past presidents.
He currently administers the PWC Scholarship Program.
E-mail WritersABC@juno.com
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