His Name Is Bill Poems By Lynn Barany Every night at midnight I saw her in the damp. She sometimes met the stranger Under the poorly lit street lamp. I never could see just who she was Nor did I really care. I just knew at midnight She was always waiting there. Not every night her friend arrived Sometimes he never showed, She'd wait a few more minutes Then eventually she'd go. I heard one night a passer by Say "Good Evening" to them both, Take care ma'am, how are you Bill It's nice to see you folks. I suppose it wasn't shocking When I looked out on the street One cold and snowy night If her stranger she would meet. She was laying in a crumpled heap Of blood upon the ground, No sign of the stranger Not a soul around. In this morning's headlines The police didn't have a clue, But they were looking for a man In a dark blue navy suit. Several years have come and gone and when my clock strikes twelve I sometimes take a look outside His presence I have felt. I'll never know what happened I guess no one ever will, But my husband has a navy suit, and yes his name is Bill ...

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Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)