Leaves of Poetry

By Roy Salole

"Leaves of Poetry" is a collection of poems written by Dr. Roy Salole. Readers will be captured by the natural world presenting itself in human moments. The flame of a heart merges with the Northern Lights. The fish caught on a line becomes the helplessness of a couple in a fight. The collection depicts life as seen through the eyes of a physician, a father, and a husband.

This collection of poems spans the emotional horizon of a lifetime. From the chill nights of despair to the days of sunny hope, the human experience meets with the natural world and pulls emotions from the reader like plucking notes on a guitar.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098346485

Book preview

STILL

DEAD CERTAINTY

As a child, I was asked what I wanted to be

A Doctor, I said at once, you see

In my childish innocence,

I did not perceive

The death beyond my horizon.

Now a man, my limits are shrinking

As all around me, death closes in.

Through my stethoscope, I hear death’s rattle

And my hammer drops in battle.

At each skirmish I lose, Death raises a cheer

And I can only frown at his magnificent leer.

You’re a bad loser, he says curtly, adding

Why take sides against Dead Certainty.

LOOKING DOWN

They walk into the restaurant,

As if a cloud was over them,

Head bowed and looking down

Father, mother, and two girls.

The first, 10 years old, is slim and bright.

The other, older, bigger, with tongue

Protruding, her Mongolian features

Signaling immediately: Down’s!.

Father shepherds the girl to sit

With her back to the crowd.

Daughter looks up to dad

Watching intently for secret signals,

And when she speaks too loud

He holds his hand up

And she stops, well trained;

But her sister, embarrassed, looks down,

And her mother, embarrassed, looks down,

And I, embarrassed, look down.

And,

Looking down,

I want