Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

The Poem

Posted: January 29, 2008 by RickThomasNet in Poetry

This is the poem I wrote for Lucia and sorta recited to her on top of the Empire State Building on December 21, 1996 while proposing to her. The idea of the poem was taken from the song The Rose by Bette Midler. This was the first song that Lucia and I heard together while [...]

My All-Time Favorite Poem

Posted: January 24, 2008 by RickThomasNet in Poetry

Batter My Heart, by John Donne Batter my heart, three-personed God; for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bendYour force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurped town, to another due,Labour to admit you, but oh, to [...]