Best Harry Truman Poems

Husband Harry was well known for using earthy language now and then.

   He used a not so nice word other than "crap" over and over again!

Bess heard that term so often that it became hard for her to endure.

   Said she,...

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When Harry read his copy of The Washington Post he began to fume!

   A lousy review of daughter Margaret's vocal talent was written by a Mr. Hume.

In a torrid letter Harry told Hume where he could go,

   Adding he'd need a...

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You must not have believed
in the death of poets.

A harpsichord wind 
plays the bare, coral trees
in an ashen sky.

Songs sing like passive seas
honed red with remembering.

You are ancient Aztec,
edged flint--
yet you burn in us
as we slide down your back,
wooden curls rising,
jigging on knuckles.

All things must...

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