20 Poems by Tom Crider

Selected Poems by Tom Crider

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humanity

  • Us

    In this world where we were onceocean and now we walk the shore, do we really end where the leaf begins? St.Francis (the one animals loved)didn’t think so. “Brother Sun, Sister Moon,” he said. Rememberthe night sky when we sat around fires before we dimmed the stars? Now wildflowers flash in sunlightas trucks blow past,… Read more

  • PTSD

    Don’t we all have it?Or something like it? I mean, hasn’t a bomb everblown your life apart? Or taken someone close to you? I’m asking you, doesn’t the sky fallon each of us? Aren’t we all rowinga sinking boat? But you say your painis greater than mine. And I say, that may be, so why… Read more

  • Lucky Us

    Back when the galaxywas youngthey say the wheel of fortunespun, the exploded stardust gatheredinto everything we seeand we (the lucky ones!) landedatop the species tree where we look downon the frogs, the antelopes,the bumblebeesand other clustersof cosmic dustgoing about their business who must feelthe universe is not justa little nuts but cruelto have gifted usthe… Read more