FRANK WESTCOTT
FRANK WESTCOTT
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~ POETRY COLLECTION ~
~ POETRY COLLECTION ~
~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS
~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS
SOUL ~
SOUL ~
IS NO HEART AT ALL ~
IS NO HEART AT ALL ~
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Copyright Frank Westcott, 2020. All rights reserved.
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NOTE: POETRY COLLECTION: ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL... IS NO HEART AT ALL ~ is just the beginning of collecting every poem I have ever written. Over 5.000.
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
….for the goose dancing around all of us,
the goose of spirit, or the spirit of the goose, or maybe the spirit in all that flies sometimes, as a goose, not knowing why or where to, or where from.
1. THE GEESE DO NOT WALK THIS DAY
The geese do not walk the earth
This day
Nor do they circle on the water
I hear one honking
Across the arm of land
Where
There must be geese
At least one
Else how could I hear one honking
Perhaps it is there in the invisible
There
Somewhere
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996
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#2 from: POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
2. I DO NOT HAVE TO SEE THE GEESE
I do not have to see the Geese
To write of them
I simply have to Travel
Through Time and Space to
Become one of them
It is that Simple
My Friend
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996
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#3 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
3. I AM HERE ALONE
I am here alone
On this day
Sitting on the bench
Where
The tree makes a roof
Over me and the bench
A seat under me
I look out past the
Stems of green on shore
Past the mud that is
In and colors the water
To
The other side
Where…
Somewhere
There
Is
A
Goose
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996
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#4 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
4. A STRANGE SOUND CALLS
A strange sound calls
From over there
To my left
A sound
A squawk
A screeching grating sound
It is like fingernails scraping on a blackboard
Or metal scraping on glass
And there is silence
Nothing quiet’s Nature’s Symphony
Faster
Than
Screeching scraping sounds
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996
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#5 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
5. A BOAT PASSES
A Boat Passes
Three and one-half riders
The one-half is a small child
I wonder if She or He
Is filled with Wonder
Or is it Disdain
I Wonder whether She or He will grow
To have Disdain for all Life
Or?
For all Natural Life
But or including Her or His own
I Wonder this
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996
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#6 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
6. A FISH SLITHERS BACK INTO THE WATER
A fish slithers back into the water
A slithery fish
You wonder now
“Yes,” I say
“A slithery-slippery
Scaly-slimy-smooth-fish
Leaping then twisting and
Slithering back
Into the water”
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#7 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
7. THE BOAT
The boat with 3 ½ passengers
Passes under the bridge
And I think if you reverse the perception
The bridge passes over the boat
With the 3 ½ passengers
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#8 POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
8. THERE WERE MANY GEESE
There were many geese calling
As the 3 ½ passengers
Passed under the bridge
Or the bridge passed over them
And I look into the water and see
How the water passes under everything
The air The sky My view
Even under the boat
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#9 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
9. THE GEESE ARE NOISY
The geese are noisy now
Calling
To
Me
&
I
To
Them
I
Will leave soon
&
No longer be one of them
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#10 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
10. I SIT HERE IN THE SILENCE
I sit here in the Silence
Although it is the Silence I see
Make that seek
The Silence of the Soul
In repose
The Soul at rest
I am a tired Soul
This has been a long journey
FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#11 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
11. THERE IS NO SILENCE WHEN THERE IS HUNGER
There is no Silence
When there is hunger
And the Soul must feed itself
My Soul is hungry and I am feeding it
Here in this Silence
I am finding there is no Silence
Not
Even
On
The
Inside
Where usually
All is quiet
But it is not so
Today
Because my Soul Hungers
For itself
In the Noise
Where there is no quiet
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#12 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
12. I HEAR SOUNDS AROUND ME
I hear sounds all around me
Little Sounds
A truck
An airplane
Voices cursing and I do not know what
A crow caw-caw-caws
A burp
Somebody burps
So much for the quiet of nature
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#13 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
13. I HEAR CHIPPER SWEET LITTLE BIRDS
I hear chipper sweet little birds
And boys swearing
Catching fish
They curse more
What? Themselves?
Or do they curse the catching
I wonder?
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#14 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
*Insert whatever deity, belief system-tangible that works for you in the God-Her-Him-Sense of spots in order to have this make sense, be of some use to you.
14. I WONDER IF *GOD, IF THERE IS *GOD AS WE KNOW IT, HIM, HER, THE SENSE OF….
I wonder if God, if there is God as we know it, Him, Her, the Sense of,
Thought these things when He, She, the Sense of made us
Notice I said not He, or She, or Sense-of or ? specifically
For, if we are made in God’s image, we are All
And are the Creator too
Are we not?
Do you wonder?
Ever?
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#15 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
15. I HEAR A BLUE JAY SQUAWK
I hear a blue jay
Squawk
Squawk
High and Shrill
High and Shrill
And I know the universe
Is all things
And I know some things
Must die in this form
So others might live in this form
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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#16 from POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
From THE GOOSE DANCE POEMS
16. I KNOW THIS
I know this
Because I know
This
Because I know this…
The voices continue
Voices with malice
Intent
And
Tone
I write on anyway
Because the voices
Are part of this
“Got him” a voice calls
And more swearing ensues
And then I hear them clearly
They do not swear at the catching
But they do
Swear at each other
At themselves
And I see
They are not listening
To the silence
Either
Their souls must be hungry
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FW-AUGUST 12, 1996 – Earle Rowe Park, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
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"Hi!" Here are "3" -- NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL ~ Hope you enjoy them... ~ Frank ~
#1 THE LEAF
The leaf
Red and golden
And pure
And gold
Of the soul of
The ark
Of
The
Sky
Wings from which
It propels
The tree
In flight
In
The
Night
FW-SEPTEMBER 29th, 1998
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
#2 “SO-HEY!”
“So-Hey!”
It is a New Day
A gorgeous
Lovely
New Day
Well --
FW-SEPTEMBER 30th, 1998
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
#3 TURNS
Turns are things we take
When we do not like
Our current direction
Those kinds of things
That certain moments
Allow us to adjust
Those adjustments we
Must make
When life
Sends us the signals
That it is time
For change
And it is time
For
Change
FW - OCTOBER 1ST, 1998
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#'s 4 to 8 from NON-THEMATIC POEMS section in this, my POETRY COLLECTION called ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
#4 LIFE IS…
Life has its own time
Time has its own life
And time is the
Mirror by which
We live –
For it is our
Time
Here –
That determines
Our
Life
FW - OCTOBER 2nd, 1998
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
#5 SPIRIT CLOUD
Spirit Cloud – Is blue & florescent
And there, before you
ALWAYS
Always on the inside where
It matters…
FW - OCTOBER 3rd, 1998
#6 DREAM
DREAMS…
Dreams are simply
Another form of reality.
FW - OCTOBER 5th, 1998
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#7 THE WOLF
The wolf rides the air
On this day
It flies high and white
Rollicking and rolling
And flying out of
Sight
With all of you
That is you
Fly
Fly
Fly
High high high
In the sky and do not ask why?
This wolf can
Fly so high
FW - OCTOBER 6th, 1998
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#8 SKY WALKER
The man who walks on
The sky
Has clouds and candles
For friends
Moonbeams grace his
Daytime hours
And stars dance across his
Forehead
He who knows how to
Walk across the sky
Never has to wonder why
Never has to wonder
Is this wish possible?
No…
For he who knows how
To walk across the sky
Already knows the impossible
Is already possible
FW - OCTOBER 7th, 1998
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
#9 SUN IN CLOUDS
The sun is in a cloud today
Behind something that is haze
And
Gray and not clear
It is time I see
T float in the mist
And
Let the spirits there
Have their protection
And
Protect me while I
Restore
And
Recoup
From the ravages
Of my soul
And
Heal
F.W. October 8, 1998
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#10 THE CABARET
Life is the cabaret
The cabaret is life
It is so
It is
It is
It is
It is SO
Like
That
It is
Always
Like
That
Like that
Like that
Like
That
Like
That
Like
That
Like
That
Like
T.H.A.T!
F.W. October 9, 1998
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#11 SOME PAIN STILL EXISTS
Some pain still exists
And I am full of fatigue
Fatigue that firey
Whole element that tells
Our inner sols are
Being
Sucked Dry…
That force that is all
Around us
That is forever
There
That is
Always
Hey –
F.W. October 10, 1998
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#12 YEP!
all about me
are losing it
totally – well
the suck of
my energy is – over
F.W. October 11th, 1998
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#13 MY TIME IS MY ENERGY
My time is my energy
And is for me to use
Fearlessly
F.W. October 13th, 1998
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#14 WELL – IT IS A NEW DAY
It is a new day
It is a day of my sacred circles
It is a day for me
A
Day
For
Me
F.W. October 14, 1998
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#15. SO HOW ARE YOU?
So
How are you ---
How are you ---
The sun isnice
Hey -- -- -- yes –
That – hey Yesa!
&
The day -- is a lot of things
Even as the telephone feigns to ring
Even as that
Even as that
Yesa! Yesa! & I am
Finding PEACE ---
I am finding PEACE
--- So ---
FUCK
YOU!
F.W. October 15, 1998
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#16 HEY BEAVERTAIL WHY?
Hey beavertail, why
Do you flap?
What makes you slap-slap-slap
Just
Why do you hop like that
Why? Why? Why?
Hey Mr.Man what are
You sayin’
Hey Mr Man what’s that?
Sorry you’re playin’
I hear you sayin’
“Hey! Why do you ask me
All these things?”
Why? Why? Why?
It is like this
Like this
Like this
It is like this
Yu
See”
F.W. October 16, 1998
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#17 IT IS TIME
It is time to do a rhyme
All the time
A rhyme
Like that
Like that
Yep
It
Is
So
Is SO!
F.W. August 17, 1998
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#18 IT IS INTERESTING
It is interesting
As sickness overtakes us
That we fight the illness
Mentally with our bodies
And
Maybe when we are consciously aware
Of the ill-ness, mentally knowing
…the pain – Maybe then, we
Are fighting a demon of mind
As much as our body
Maybe it is this – the internal
The eternal you is in conflict
With the earthly us –
And our external physical
Struggle
Is manifesting this dilemma
Then
I
Ask
What are we to do
To realign this
To bring it all into
Harmony
What?
What?
What?
And listen for a response
And all I see is a blank playing
Card
With
The
Joker
Behind
It
F.W. ~ October 18, 1998
F.W. ~ October 18, 1998
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
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NON-THEMATIC POEMS From my POETRY COLLECTION ~ A HEART WITHOUT ITS SOUL ~ IS NO HEART AT ALL
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