War Anniversary Poems

In fields where wheat shines bright as gold,
A family's tale of love unfolds.
Mother, father, fires aglow,
Brother's shelter through wars that blow.

The night is long, the...

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A beautiful sunny day,
In the land of paradise.
Thunder rings in the distance as my,
Pulse quickens, and dread takes over.
There are no clouds in the skies,
I...

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A sonnet 

In Gaza, Hamas has tunnels under Gaza 
in New York, the Jews have built tunnels deep underground for a reason many find eccentric
I...

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Remember

The whistle sounded
For us to go
And we climbed over the hill
I heard the sound of gunfire
And all the world stood still

I turned and saw my...

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People need sincerity, not false hope or rumors. People need security,
    not broken promises. What Can You Do For Me?  People...

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One moment there was a time  

When things had to be done on a dime  

I will never decline  

A VHS treasure...

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Nine nine  

A story I needed to find  

My credentials were declined  

But it was Sunday, I did not mind  

Honestly,...

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I am taking a trip to an antique store,                ...

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Poetic paean to papa's princess

Otherwise titled:
Mien wonderful wedded divine wife....,

whose piercing deliverance,
a balm ameliorating tattooed strife
despite being dirt poor,
(especially after dirty deeds done... 
generating thunderstruck...

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Stricken with anguished nausea

Written three years ago tomorrow, 
yet superimposed (likened to 
emotional palimpsest) upon 
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress 
triggered courtesy war
torn...

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June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...

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I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                 ...

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Blown Fuse

I won’t be parading to honour the dead.

Something’s gone pear-shaped inside my head.

All the guilt and confusion that have built through the years

Have blown...

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Elephant trunk palms column, canopy claps hands
   Undergrowth glad heart shape leaves spiral 
   Navigator vines map branches, brace boa banyan...

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Three Cheers To Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis

Momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday 
during month of May
can be traced back 
to ancient Greeks and Romans
devotional...

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