Charlotte’s whimsical nature led her into fun escapades
she was invited by many to share their adventures
because she was entertaining, playful, and inventive
creative and clever, we said to each other
Charlotte accumulated many appreciative friends
the way rich girls accumulated Barbie dolls in the sixties.
Accumulated Experience
David J Walker
It was the profound quiet form
Of the first dawning of a warm
Spring day
A new version of an old world
A second similar verse
Sung the same way the
Same time the same words
The same tune
Exclusive to the
Spring equinox
Though
We learn too soon
The sad meaning of
Accumulated experience
The dust accumulated from a span
Of years that reaches well into the past,
In folders placed from back when it began;
Discrete events across a distance, vast.
Like vapors freed by comet's forward cast,
Receding, fading like a tail mundane.
Will aught of this trajectory remain?
Or pass by undetected, with no trace?
Or counting all as loss, seek better gain:
To know that You ordained this merry chase?
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(for the ‘Dizain’ poetry contest, on the subject of ‘Dust’
cleaning out my desk drawers after a career of work
Sponsored by Constance La France
Submitted 2/4/22)
Garbage accumulated days and months
Money burnt away in bags
From dumpsters to dumpsters
From houses to houses
From factories to factories
Old objects, food remains
Chemical, medical and radioactive waste
Gathered in bags and trucks
Many are hazardous and non-recycle
Showing extreme selfishness and extravagance of man
Inside the garbage incinerator
The distance spec
Falls onto the crevice
Fills the planes and lands clear
Translucent and frozen white accumulates
Bizarre surroundings frozen dew
Unstoppable constant accumulation turns into blizzard
10/18/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020
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