Poetry by D.R. Allen
Even KnowBy DR Allen(For Haley with love…from Dave) Along the shore ofshowy shoulders’ sheenher heavenly hair…
D.R. Allen 61608
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700 Charlestown Road
Springfield, VT 05156
Most of my friends call me Dave, but my birth name is David Robert Allen and I decided I wanted to write as DR Allen because it sounds cooler and more unique and would be J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, R.L. Stine, T.S. Eliot …also it might be confused with doctor. I’ve always lived in New England and a couple of years in Manhattan after high school. My entire life, I had never been successful in romantic relationships and never found love outside of my children and relatives. Then I started talking to and spending time with a young woman I met through a touring theater group out of Boston for which we were both performers. She lived near the ocean and we spent amazing times on the beach together and even swam together in the ocean — something I had never experienced in my life. On one of the trips we took, it rained horribly, but being with her, the bad weather didn’t even faze us or steal our joy. She spoke to a psychic on that trip and was told that her and I were meant to be together. Not long after that i was unfairly placed in jail and her and I lost touch … the biggest loss of my life. She truly was perfect for me in every way. The poem I wrote was inspired by her … I don’t think she ever knew that she meant and still means everything to me … the only romantic partner I ever loved …