Tribute August Poems

When the sun rises and spreads
 its sticky yellow syrup across green marzipan fields 
I rub the bees from the fragrant holyhock bells 
and sniff...

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Happy feast day, today-- my dear St. Clare! 
I love the story of how you cut your hair! :)...

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August finds me on the sun deck
Ugly sweat running down my neck
Great time to jump into the pool
Using the blue water is so cool
Swimming I...

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You must have gone through hell,
The pain you suffered.
Yet you kept your sense of humour,
And still felt concern for others
Not half as ill as you.
You...

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As August ends, leaves curl on trees,
while shades of greens fade in degrees,
and tints of brown soon catch our eye;
we know September days are nigh.

The...

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August 8, Esteemed Date
My brother the reflective other,
Thoughtful father, contemplative friend,
Helpful mend, curative treasure,
Michelle is Rob's God send,
Lucas his venture, a raison d'être,
My bro' bucks...

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Summer is ending 
hot days filled with outside fun, 
our sleeping in late. 
August ends our days off ~ done, 
back to school we must...

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After most recent shower,
and particularly washing hair
(then shaking head
analogous to sopping wet dog
drying her/himself after a bath),
I immediately said helloo
to Long lasting fragrance Suave
essentials Daily...

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Liberation of Paris (August 26, 1944)

Who would have thought
To see American soldiers
Under the Arc de Triomphe
Marching along Champs Élysées,
In the Liberation of Paris;
When a short...

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RAIN

There is something ornately comforting in a downpour of a day’s healthy rain
So replenishing, so cleansing, so renewing, as so the giver to feed life’s...

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Atomic payback made impact dramatically 
Physics split minute energy into mammoth 
Allied forces warned Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Destroyer of worlds, Now I become death

Military master, Japan, thought...

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a Gaudier Brezeka tribute

momentary
             fits of enthusiasm
      ...

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WoodStock - Fifty Years Ago August 15-19, 2019

I knew nary a whit about
rock n roll history
soon to unfold August fifteen –
eighteen ninety sixty nine
mollycoddled, nestled,
obliviously...

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the slight & abstract
                 joined together
in as is 
...

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I'm writing this tribute to God
for He created this Earth,
He has cared for us deeply
even well after our birth.

He created the universe
created it for us...

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