From the Poet Laureate

The Poet Laureate is on vacation this week and I am pinch-hitting with a very rare poem of mine written in the summer of 1974 immediately preceding the formation of the 328 Club. It was written about a dear friend of mine whom I knew for only a very short time a long time ago. She may have been my last childhood crush. She went on to marry another very good friend of mine who I’m afraid I let the events of that summer dampen that friendship. In any case it is a poem about unrequited love. It is dedicated to Walt & Anne. Congratulations on over 30 year’s happiness in complementing each other. I hope this finds you in excellent spirits, health and circumstance. God bless you and your family. - Tee Knorr, January 23, 2008

“Pleasant dreams while I slumber
Supported by faith in promises, desired
But not asked for

A relationship undefined
A one-way street without a sign
Traveled east and west

A sign is hung
Definition is provided
Now traffic flows only towards the setting sun

Shattered faith provides
A basis for nightmares
While I lie restless”

I took the message and I took it wrong
I refuse to listen to that ugly song
I change the words so they suit me right
Stars in the day; sun in the night

“Tomorrow is another day
She’ll love me then
That’s what I will say

I will violate the law
I will go down the street
Toward the sunrise

If I get caught
What is the loss?
The rising sun is worth most any cost

Promises still desired but unnecessary
Faith in love can still give sleep a chance
And from sleep – dreams”

She said she didn’t love me and I said that’s ok
Said I could wait for another day
She said that I shouldn’t and I said that I must
She said that I wouldn’t and I ask for her trust.