Ollie Lind Poetry

I wrote this poem after a lady friend of mine went through a difficult time in her marriage. She was torn between staying with a dominating husband or starting a new life with someone she had just met. I don’t know the final outcome, but I felt for her in her doubt and insecurity. Pensive [...]

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I wrote this short poem during the short, brutal war in the Balkans. I was particularly touched by the tragic love of a Serbian girl for a Croatian boy. They both died so unnecessarily. This poem is my protest at mankind’s brutality and stupidity. There can be so much beauty and love in the world, [...]

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