Poetry
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So… it’s that time of the year again. Thirty poems in thirty days. How hard can that be? Last year I stretched it out to over two months… sixty-plus consecutive poems. After that, thirty will be nothing… hopefully…. maybe…. ah well, may as well get started, My Beloved Friend A day, a week, a month,…
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When I was a kid, my brother Jack spent countless hours winding me up with ghost stories. He took a perverse delight in terrifying me. We had no hydro or TV and the nearest neighbor was miles away. I guess I was his entertainment. He had a knack for turning the most mundane thing into…
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Reading some Poe earlier lent tonights verse a more macabre air. Infidelity, vengeance and remorse…. Enjoy! Ghost of a Romance You come to me, you cling to me, You beg what I can’t give. You shade, you fade, oh spectre rude, I can’t help you to live. You shriek, beseech, and weep at me, You…
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My Dad and I didn’t always see eye to eye. But despite that, we never gave up on each other. Keeping those lines of communication open gave us the chance to grow and change and grow together. This poem is for my Father, Thank You So Father’s Day Rolls ’round again, I want to thank…
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Thinking of Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker tonight. Love the sinister carnival theme. The Carnival Behold the great and secret show, Dare you to enter in? There’s love and beauty honor too, Debauchery and sin. There’s every kind of freak inside, Just take a look my friend, You’ll see we’re really all the same, Mere…
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For those who thought I might be done with poetry…. that will probably never be the case. Tonights verse is courtesy of the wilderness is my backyard. It got to the point my dog didn’t have room to go out to go pee. So Lynn and I got busy and reclaimed part of it for…
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As I said in yesterdays post, my daughter just finished college. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say until I started writing. Your Proud Dad Three years of projects, papers, tests , Exam time twice a year. All culminate in this one night, When loved ones come to cheer. You’ve worked so hard and…
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Sooo…. yesterday my daughter graduated from college (yes I am incredibly PROUD). The ceremony was in the evening, then we went for supper. Long story short, by the time I got home I was just too tired to write anything. But today I’m back on track. It rained the other day and everyone who came…
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