20 Poems by Tom Crider

Selected Poems by Tom Crider

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grieving

  • Cold Comfort

    The sun is nowhere to be seenand an icy wind is slicing throughleafless trees. An old friend has diedand another is trying to hold onto his once brilliant mind. In warmer weather I often meet turtlesI know on this path, now coveredwith snow. Winter doesn’t matter muchto us anymore. Our Stonehenge folks,who, like us, were Read more

  • Grief Poem #6

    I dream I’ve just come upa steep sand dune when I see her on the beachtossing a multicolored ball back and forth with friends.My heart sings! I walk along the water’s edgeand there she is again. I go to her and ask,How did you survive? She smiles andshakes her head. Tears of joy—It’s true, she’s Read more