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Knit One Purl Two

Audio Recordings / tagged Mob, Shame, Unrest / February 24, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
What were the tricoteuses knitting under the shadow of the guillotine Surely not a scarf for a neck past needing one A ski mask maybe for when the mob-hot blood cools and you're ashamed of your part in it
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A Tear for the Rich

Audio Recordings / tagged Comparison, Consumerism, Disparity, Greed, Poverty, Salvation, Wealth / February 23, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The other guy has a bigger jet and the Concordes are all gone The trophy wife turned out when scratched to be gild not gold You don't like the poor anymore and them that's richer don't like you And there is this thing with God and what it might cost for his nod
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Alchemy

Audio Recordings, Nostalgia / tagged History, memories, Story Telling / February 22, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The way to change an age from base metal into gold is to have lived in or read about a time better than the present And polish it and polish it until it shines a blinding shine And talk about and write about so all will rue not being there Though the result you may get may not be the one you hoped but their wishing you'd go back with eager offerings to help you pack

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The Branch Not Taken

Audio Recordings, Poems about Poetry / tagged Choices, Detours, Introspection, Journey / February 21, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The limb on the road travellers see and step over to continue safely on their way can trip a poet up all the way to seed and roots and all the leaves grown and lost and every storm welcomed and feared including the one last night that laid it there
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Clouds in Waiting

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Emotions, Grief, Sadness, Tears / February 20, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Clouds are in the blue sky too Two degrees of moisture from a pop-up store Like me with my blue-eyed smile until you mention her name
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Red Baron

Audio Recordings, Pilots, Relationships / tagged Death, Grief, Mourning / February 19, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
But I always thought that I'd see you again James Taylor - Fire and Rain If you register five kills you are an Air Force ace Five loves of mine are down They have wings where angels sing I wear the ones with a pin in the chest
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For Karen Who Smoked

Audio Recordings / tagged Addiction, Death, Regret, Smoking / February 18, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Warmth of a struck match Warmth of your warm hands around my close-cupped hands to shield it from real or imagined winds Too cool to caution it might likely someday take your breath, your beauty and your life Shoulda wrote I'M SORRY on your stone
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No Smoking After

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged delusion / February 17, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The praying mantis does not kiss and tell He has heard the rumours but thinks, and don't we all that he will be the one exception
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Coupling

Relationships / tagged sensuality / February 16, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Even in this moment somewhere in the city there are couples coupling The best and the worst coupling, coupling, coupling At the highest peaks of love and the lowest forms of crime somewhere in the city couples coupling
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Old Sappy Love Song

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Love / February 15, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Heart carved in a maple tree weeps sweet in memory
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  1. Eda Lishman on How I Lost My Faith – In PreachersMarch 3, 2026

    An epic moment for seven year olds! Wow how many lessons can you have in one incident? And a few…

  2. Nancy Fierstien on A Tear for the RichFebruary 23, 2026

    Another gem worth it's weight in gold from you, Neil Meili!

  3. Sandi Hebley on Lonely LightFebruary 12, 2026

    How sweet!

  4. Anonymous on CirclesJanuary 18, 2026

    Both Gloria and I were touched by your poem. Congrats. Tom and Gloria

  5. LeoraLawrence Porter on Sacred DanceJanuary 18, 2026

    Thank you, from an unknowing dancing healer! as for my liking… While I greatly, greatly appreciate your clarity of voice…

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